Sixteen-year-old artist Izzy Bogie knew nothing about golf and even less about young PGA Tour star Matthew Wolff until she searched online and discovered he hails from an otherworldly town oceanside in Florida.
"I had to look him up," she said with a bit of awe in her voice. "He's from Jupiter."
Bogie and Wolff met for the first time Tuesday in the 3M Open's corporate village, where Wolff presented her a backyard art studio for which her house-hunting parents now must find a home.
She in turn gave Wolff some stickers from a sketching she did of his dog Zeus.
She's a Masonic Children's Hospital oncology patient from St. Paul who has undergone chemotherapy and leg surgery the past three years. He's the 2019 3M Open champion who has been forthright recently about mental health, in particular his search to improve his own.
A young pro golfer and a teenager with a surname (Bogie) distinctly not made for the game were brought together Tuesday by their mutual love of dogs.
Her 3-year-old Corgi given her by a surgical nurse and named Happi has inspired her "HappiDraws" Etsy shop that offers cute, custom stickers featuring dogs of all shapes and sizes. Her father, Terry, calls drawing Izzy's therapy that helps her cope with her treatments' intensity and her diagnosis' significance.
Wolff's adopted Great Pyrenees/golden retriever mix makes bad days at the golf course better and good days even better.