Back in 2005, Tiger Woods had a bone to pick with Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo.
Izzo was a guest on GOLF’s Subpar Podcast this week, and he shared a funny story of the time famous professional golfer Tiger Woods chirped him before a pro-am event. The funny exchange between Izzo and Woods occurred at a pro-am event before the 2005 Buick Open. Woods pointed out he was out for some revenge after Izzo’s Spartans beat his alma mater — Stanford — on the hardwood the year before.
Buy Spartans Tickets“He said, ‘Coach, you beat my Cards this year,” said Izzo on the podcast. “I didn’t know what he meant at first and then I figured it out and I said, ‘Well, yeah, yeah.’ I said it real nice. He said, ‘I plan on taking it out on you on the course.’”
It sounds like the whole exchange was more of a joke from Woods, and definitely a story that I’m sure Izzo still enjoys sharing to this day. Read the complete story on Izzo and Woods by clicking on the tweet below:
Hadn't heard this Izzo-Tiger Woods story before. MSU beat Stanford in 2004, the next summer Izzo and Tiger played the Buick Open Pro-Am together.
Tiger on the first tee: "I plan on taking it out on you on the course." https://t.co/x8Lq39VjVo
— Kyle Austin (@kylebaustin) August 17, 2022
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