10 Facts About Jordan Spieth
10 Facts About Jordan Spieth.
American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking.
American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking.
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00:00A global superstar that has worked his way back for some serious form issues over the
00:03last couple of years, Jordan Spieth has won three majors and is seemingly always in contention
00:09at the Masters. However, despite his high profile, there are lots of things that people
00:13don't know about him. With that in mind, here are 10 facts on the American golfer.
00:18As a youngster, things may have been totally different for Spieth in his career. This is
00:22because his initial sport of choice was baseball, but at the age of 13 he decided he needed
00:26to focus solely on his golf if he were to reach his full potential. He described that
00:31moment as the hardest day of his life. Spieth comes from a long line of athletes in the
00:34family. His mum and brother played basketball at college, while his dad was a baseball player.
00:39Jordan, though, is the only golfer in his family.
00:41As a child, he was known to cut the lawn at home as low as possible just so he could practice
00:46his game. Additionally, at the age of 14, he predicted he would win the Masters while
00:50being interviewed on local news in Dallas. In 2015, he achieved that prediction, winning
00:55the Masters and tying Tiger Woods' 270 shot total in 1997. He became the second youngest
01:02man in history to win a green jacket after Woods, and also in 2015, at the age of 21,
01:06he became the youngest man to win the US Open since Bobby Jones in 1923.
01:12Spieth was born and raised and still lives in Dallas, Texas. In fact, in 2016, he actually
01:17bought fellow American Hunter Mahan's house. It includes a 12-car underground garage, an
01:23indoor basketball court, a swimming pool, a golf simulator, and even a wine cellar.
01:28Spieth's caddy is Michael Grella, and they've been working together since 2011. Before the
01:32partnership, Grella was actually a full-time teacher, but they've gone on to become one
01:35of the most successful partnerships on tour. Spieth got engaged to his childhood sweetheart,
01:39Annie Verrett, on Christmas Eve in 2017. The pair went to high school together and tied
01:45the knot in 2018. They've now also welcomed their first child, Sammy, into the world at
01:49the end of 2021.
01:51Spieth is signed with Under Armour and has a contract with the company until 2025. He's
01:55the company's poster athlete for golf, and he also has an equipment deal with Titleist.
02:00One of Spieth's most well-known friendships on tour is with Justin Thomas, but did you
02:04know they actually met when they were just 14? They met while they were representing
02:08the United States in a junior tournament in France. The two often crash with each other
02:11on the road and have occasionally hosted fake Twitter feuds against each other.
02:15Finally, Jordan Spieth runs the Spieth Charitable Fund. It's inspired by his younger sister,
02:20Ellie, who has special needs, and the charity raises awareness and money for kids with special
02:24needs, junior golf, and military families in the Dallas area.
02:29So there you have it. Those are our 10 facts on the charismatic American Jordan Spieth.
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02:37the Golf Monthly website.