There is plenty of examples of brothers and sisters, along with fathers and their sons competing on golf’s world stage.

We’ve witnessed the recent winning ways of a super brother and sister combination with super-talented Aussies Min Woo Lee and his sister Minjee.

As well, there is a history of a husband and wife being selected for Walker Cup and Curtis Cup competition, as evident in Sir Michael Bonallack, who contested the 1957 Walker Cup while his wife, Angela (Ward) contested a first Curtis Cup in 1956 – they were married in 1958.

Michael Bonallack’s name appears also in the brother-sister list with his sister Sally being a Curtis Cup team-mate of Angela in the 1962 Walker Cup.

It gets me to the point of this article but first a question I now pose.

How many players are there with the same first name and same surname, and also will be teeing-up in the same event, and also at a time in their respective careers with each player the current money-list leader of one of the main tournament bodies in the men’s pro game?

So, we’re talking about two players boasting three similar ‘credentials’, and teeing-up for a first time in the same event.

That will be the scenario come Friday when two players, each officially born Christopher Wood will be among 83 players teeing-up in Florida and looking to secure one of three to secure membership on the 2026 LIV Tour.

England’s Chris Wood and Australia’s Christopher Wood not only share a similar first and second names but also enjoy a similar money-list ranking atop their respective golf tours heading into the second half of the 2025/’26 seasons.

England’s Chris Wood, currently atop of the 2025.26 MENA Tour money list race. Image MENA Tour

Aussie born Chris Wood sits atop of the 2025/26 Australasian PGA Order of Merit race. Image PGA NSW

The duo head into Thursday’s starting four-day, 72-hole, 2026 Promotion event on the host Black Diamond Resort host course, located around a 90-minute drive north-east of Orlando with England-born Wood ranked No. 1 in points on the MENA Golf Tour while ‘Down Under’ Wood is currently atop of ranked No.1 the PGA Tour of Australasia money-list.

Thirty-eight-year-old Englishman Chris Wood has capped his career representing Europe in the 2016 Ryder Cup while he’s also won three times on the DP World Tour, once on the Asian Tour and also, more recently in topping the 2026 MENA Tour School, and finishing second in the opening event and then a week later, succeeding in ending a 13-year winless drought with victory in Spain.

It was this effort in Spain send Wood into the Festive season break as MENA Tour No. 1.

Aussie-born Wood is six-years younger than his namesake, and refers to himself as ‘Christopher’.  He muscled his way to No. 1 thanks to a rather lucky break in a sudden-death playoff to edge out fellow Australian James Marchesani at the NSW Open and claim the most important victory of his professional career.

The 32-year-old Queenslander, who had turned pro in 2010, drained a six-foot birdie putt on the fourth play-off hole at the Vintage GC in the Hunter Valley to the north of Sydney last November to win only his second victory on the Australasian Tour, with the other coming at the 2021 Victorian PGA.

“It feels great,” said Wood after his triumph at the $800,000 tournament.

“I never really thought I’d never win again but the guys out here are just so good. You have to play really good golf to win.

“I knew if it was going to be a playoff … I’d lost a few beforehand at pro-ams and tour events but I didn’t want to lose this one.”

Wood, and the Aussie-born Chris Wood, then contested the next three events making the cut in two but sitting out the weekend rounds of the Australian Open.

He’s currently ranked No. 810 on the World Rankings.

The other Wood … England’s Chris Wood .. is the present World No. 749.

The Black Diamond course in Florida to host this week’s LIV Golf 2026 Promotion.

The host Black Diamond course to the north-west of Orlando in Florida. Image Black Diamond course

And it referring to World Rankings, Wood’s win, and here I refer to England’s Chris Wood, saw him head into the Spanish event then six spots behind Aussie-born Wood on the rankings.

Still with me?

So, what will be the scenario later this week should both Chris Wood’s get themselves in contention?

If could be a tournament nightmare not only for officials, scoreboard operators, fans and media.

And in closing, there is another Christopher Wood and he is a Canadian-born player who competed in a dozen Canadian Tour events in 2004 and 2005 however with little success, making the cut in three of a dozen events and never reaching any higher than No. 1169 on the World Rankings.

He is NOT teeing-up in Florida (smiling).