Sam Greenwood/Getty Patton Kizzire and his wife, Kari.
Kari Elizabeth Hodgdon Kizzire is the wife of PGA Tour golfer Patton Kizzire. They have been married since 2015 and they have two children, Palmer James and Miller Elizabeth, according to the PGA Tour’s website.
Here’s what you need to know about Patton Kizzire’s wife Kari Kizzire:
1. Fellow PGA Tour Players Hudson Swafford & Harris English Introduced Kari Hodgdon & Patton Kizzire to Each Other
Patton Kizzire won 1st college title on Seaside Course at Sea Island. Wife from St.Simons, married beside course. Bought home there in 2012.
According to Ian Thompson of the Tuscaloosa News, Patton and Kari were introduced to each other in 2015 by a pair of PGA Tour players.
It is also through friends and PGA Tour players Hudson Swafford and Harris English, who also live there, that a few years ago Kizzire met his now wife, Sea Island resident Hodgdon, who recently got her doctorate in Physical Therapy. The couple will live in Sea Island.
Sea Island is a privately owned, unincorporated area of Glynn County, Georgia, and is home to several top PGA golfers including Matt Kuchar, Zach Johnson and Davis Love III.
“Playing with them, just watching them and emulating them … most of the stuff I have learned is by seeing their work ethic,” Patton told PGA Tour.com back in 2015. “They just lead by example. They’re really encouraging to me and to other players down there; everyone is pulling for each other. … Not to discount who those guys are, but I kind of feel like I belong a little bit more now, and it’s cool to look back and see that progression.”
2. Kari & Patton Kizzire Both Attended SEC Schools & She Is Now a Physical Therapist
Patton Kizzire post-round with his fiancée Kari Hodgdon. Kizzire in at 6 under, in contention yet again! http://t.co/0lqbQ85hKt
Kari returned to Glynn County after going to high school at Glynn Academy. According to the couple’s wedding announcement in the Brunswick News, her educational background is all Peach State.
She is a 2006 graduate of Glynn Academy, a 2010 graduate of the University of Georgia where she received a bachelor’s degree in education, exercises and sport sciences; and a 2015 graduate of Armstrong State University where she received a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree.
Armstrong State has been incorporated into Georgia Southern University in Savannah. Meanwhile, Patton earned a degree in Business Administration from Auburn in 2008, where he also starred for the Tigers golf team.
3. She Practiced Putting With Her Husband at the 2018 Masters
Before the Masters, there’s a Par 3 Contest that involves several of the golfer’s family members. Per Masters.com:
Of all the traditions at the Masters, none is more endearing than the annual Par 3 Contest. This beloved event, held on Wednesday of Tournament week and now televised around the world, is above all a family affair. Wives and girlfriends, children and grandchildren, nieces and nephews-all happily serve as caddies. The sight of toddlers, outfitted in miniature Augusta National jumpsuits, toting a light bag or tending a flagstick more than twice their height brings smiles to onlookers near and far.
Prior to the 2018 Masters, Kari dressed as a caddie for Patton and took a turn putting. The picture is captured here on Zimbio with the following description.
Patton Kizzire of the United States watches his wife Kari Elizabeth Hodgdon putt during the Par 3 Contest prior to the start of the 2018 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 4, 2018 in Augusta, Georgia.
4. The Couple Are French Bulldog Lovers
@PrinceDufner and @kehodgie Coolin it before Auburn outlasted the Tide. Wild game http://t.co/9DpOjSQPbh
On Kari’s Twitter account, which hasn’t been used since 2014, she posts several pictures of French Bulldogs. The one above came after Auburn’s dramatic last-second win over rival Alabama in 2013.
One of her last posts is of a black Frenchie making a frowny face. The couple haven’t publicly announced the names of the pooches.
5. They Have 2 Children
Patton and Kari Kizzire have two children together. Their son, Palmer, turned 3 in February 2023, according to Kizzire’s Instagram. On Mother’s Day in 2022, Patton Kizzire shared a photo of his wife and son and wrote, “These kids don’t know how lucky they are. @kekizzire we love you 😘”