Izzi Stricker, daughter of Steve Stricker, plays a shot from a bunker on the third hole during the final round of the PNC Championship at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club on Dec. 17, 2023 in Orlando. (Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)
At the start of the week, Izzi Stricker told her whole family that the two people she wanted to play with the most were Nelly Korda and Tiger Woods. The pairing with Korda on Saturday was set up, but Woods was by chance.
“It was definitely nerve-wracking on the first tee,” said Izzi, the youngest daughter of Steve and Nicki Stricker, “but I got comfortable. I’ve met Tiger before, so to get to talk to him and Charlie. I haven’t seen him in a long time, it was really cool and something I’ll never forget.”
A two-time Wisconsin girls state champion, Izzi has committed to play college golf at Wisconsin, where she’ll be a freshman in the fall of 2024. Both her mother, Nicki, and sister, Bobbi, played golf at Wisconsin. Steve, a six-time winner on the PGA Tour Champions this season, played collegiately at Illinois.
“Personally, I proved a lot to myself,” said Izzi. “I mean, the most high-stakes tournament I’ve played in was state high school, and to come here and to still perform well, I thought I did, it meant a lot to me personally, and to be here with my family was really cool.”
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