Wisconsin State Championship: The Stricker’s incredible year keeps going strong.
Steve Stricker won the Constellation Furyk and Friends on Sunday for the fourth PGA Tour Champions championship of 2022. Then, three days later, his youngest daughter Izzi, a junior at Waunakee High School in the Madison, Wisconsin, area, had four consecutive birdies on route to capturing the Division 1 girls’ golf championship of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
After shooting a winning 2-under 70, she told Wisconsin.golf, “I honestly didn’t know what to anticipate coming in.” “It was a struggle for me because I was unaware that it would rain. But I was aware that I needed a low score. I was aware that was going to be the outcome. So I just attempted to make as many birdies as I could while keeping my head down. It didn’t have to be 68, but that’s what I had in mind. However, I dislike playing for a specific outcome. I simply know that if I give it my all, it will be sufficient.”
Izzi is carrying on the legacy of her 12-time PGA Tour victor father Steve, who won the WIAA state boys golf title in 1984. For the first time in WIAA history, Steve’s daughter also won the state golf title in the boys’ division.
She set her sights on playing well for this state competition, and she succeeded, Steve said. “We’re very proud of her and amazed at how she did.” “Because she’s still in school, she occasionally feels left out, but we do everything we can to help her. She is quite talented and continues to improve. Izzi’s journey is going well!”
But Izzi’s victory is just the latest this year for the Stricker family.
With her father on the bag, Bobbi Stricker, Steve’s oldest child, completed Stage 2 of the Epson Tour Q-School in August. Izzi, however, missed the occasion because the high school season had already started.
For Steve, the previous year has been a whirlwind.
A month after leading Team USA to a historic Ryder Cup victory in his home state, Steve was hospitalised and lost 25 pounds as a result of a strange illness.
Steve is currently third in the Charles Schwab Cup rankings as the PGA Tour Champions season comes to an end, and Bobbi will use Steve as her caddie when she competes in the second stage of Q-School next month.
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