72 Facts About Jordan Spieth

Jordan Alexander Spieth was born on July 27,1993 and is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Two years later, Jordan Spieth won his third major at the 2017 Open Championship, by three shots at 12 under par.

In 2009 at Trump National Bedminster and 2011 at Gold Mountain, Spieth won the U S Junior Amateur and joined Tiger Woods as the tournament's only two-time winners.

Jordan Spieth accepted an exemption to play in the PGA Tour's HP Byron Nelson Championship in 2010.

Jordan Spieth was tied for seventh place after the third round, and finished the tournament in a tie for 16th place.

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Jordan Spieth was a member of the 2011 Walker Cup team and played in three of the four rounds; he halved his foursomes match and won both singles matches.

In 2012, Spieth earned a spot as an alternate in the U S Open after Brandt Snedeker withdrew from the tournament; he tied for 21st and was the low amateur.

In 2012, after failing to advance to the Final Stage of PGA Tour qualifying school, 19-year-old Jordan Spieth turned professional midway through his sophomore year at Texas.

Jordan Spieth holed out from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole to make the playoff.

Five weeks after his first victory, Jordan Spieth played the Wyndham Championship, where he lost in a playoff to Patrick Reed.

Jordan Spieth shot a final round 62 in the Deutsche Bank Championship, vaulting him into a tie for fourth.

Jordan Spieth finished in a tie for second with Jonas Blixt, becoming the youngest runner-up in Masters history.

Jordan Spieth ended the tournament with no scores above even-par in any of his rounds.

Jordan Spieth'sfinish moved him into the top 10 in the world rankings for the first time.

The following week, Jordan Spieth lost in a sudden-death playoff at the Shell Houston Open, having held the 54-hole lead.

Jordan Spieth'sscore was only one shot behind the course record of 63 shared by Nick Price and Greg Norman, with their rounds coming in 1986 and 1996 respectively.

Jordan Spieth shot 66 the following day to break the 36-hole Masters scoring record by posting 14-under 130 through two rounds.

Jordan Spieth set the record for the most birdies during the Masters by making 28 and became the second-youngest person to win the Masters.

Jordan Spieth'svictory was the first wire-to-wire Masters win since Raymond Floyd's in 1976.

Jordan Spieth had begun the day in a four-way tie for the lead and played in the penultimate group alongside Branden Grace.

However, on the 17th tee, Jordan Spieth pushed his tee shot well right into the thick rough, which led to a double bogey and coupled with Johnson's birdie on the 16th, the two were tied for the lead briefly.

Jordan Spieth made birdie on the 18th to become the leader in the clubhouse.

Week before The Open Championship, Jordan Spieth chose to play at the John Deere Classic rather than the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, where many other top-ranked players were competing to prepare for the links style courses.

Jordan Spieth shot the lowest round of his professional career to date, with a 61 in the 3rd round.

Jordan Spieth missed the cut in The Barclays and the Deutsche Bank Championship, the first two events of the FedEx Cup playoffs.

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Only needing a victory to clinch the championship, Jordan Spieth won the 2015 Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club by four strokes.

Jordan Spieth won $12,030,485 in 2015, a PGA Tour record for a single year.

Jordan Spieth swept all the major awards for the season: PGA Player of the Year and PGA Tour Player of the Year, Vardon Trophy and Byron Nelson Award for leading the tour in scoring average, and Arnold Palmer Award for leading the tour's money list.

Jordan Spieth started the year when he won the Hyundai Tournament of Champions with a dominant display that saw him race to an eight stroke victory over Patrick Reed.

Jordan Spieth matched Tiger Woods, by winning his seventh PGA Tour event before the age of 23.

Three-time Masters winner Nick Faldo, who won the 1996 tournament, said that Jordan Spieth's collapse "made Norman's feel like a joyful stroll down Magnolia Lane".

Jordan Spieth claimed the title on the first playoff hole with a birdie, while Hall missed his birdie opportunity.

Jordan Spieth began the year as defending champion at the SBS Tournament of Champions, but had to settle for a tie for third, six shots behind eventual winner Justin Thomas.

Jordan Spieth'snext start saw him tied for 22nd at the Genesis Open, before finishing tied for 12th at the WGC-Mexico Championship.

Jordan Spieth'snext event was a World Golf Championship event; the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.

Jordan Spieth was seeded 5th, but failed to progress out of the pool stage; a surprise loss to Japan's 54th seed Hideto Tanihara in his opening match, ultimately costing him.

Jordan Spieth's first missed cut of the year came a week later at the Shell Houston Open.

Jordan Spieth entered the final round just two shots off the lead, but a 3-over-par 75 on Sunday put paid to his hopes of a second Green Jacket.

Jordan Spieth holed out from a greenside bunker for birdie on the first playoff hole to take his 10th PGA Tour title, just over a month shy of his 24th birthday.

Jordan Spieth tied for the lead after a first-round 65 and held the lead outright after the second and third rounds, leaving him three shots clear of Matt Kuchar heading into the final day.

Kuchar took the lead with five holes remaining after Jordan Spieth drove his ball 100 yards to the right of the fairway on the par-4 13th, leaving him with an unplayable lie and needing to take a drop for a one stroke penalty; Jordan Spieth limited the damage by striping a 3-iron from the practice range area and making bogey, leaving him just a shot behind Kuchar.

Jordan Spieth finished with a final round 69 — three strokes clear of Kuchar, who carded a 69 – and became just the second player in history after Jack Nicklaus to win three of the four men's golf majors before his 24th birthday.

Jordan Spieth later gave the 3-iron from that shot on the 13th hole to Royal Birkdale.

Jordan Spieth had been leading by three strokes heading into the final round, and was five shots clear after five holes on Sunday.

Jordan Spieth appeared to have the advantage after he lagged a 70-foot putt to within a few feet, while Johnson needed to make a 20-footer for par to force a playoff.

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Jordan Spieth found the fringe on the back of the green, but could not make the birdie he needed, missing out on his fourth win of the year, and in the process, seeing Johnson take his fourth title of the season.

Jordan Spieth headed into the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake knowing victory would guarantee him his second FedEx Cup title in three years.

Jordan Spieth did take the Vardon Trophy and Byron Nelson Award for the second time in his career for leading the tour in scoring average.

Third Presidents Cup victory would follow, as Jordan Spieth was part of the United States team which comfortably defended their title.

Month away from the Masters Tournament, Spieth was hoping to kick-start his season at the Valspar Championship, where he was victorious in 2015, which led on to his magnificent year with his win at Augusta, as well as the U S Open.

Jordan Spieth'snext start at the WGC Match Play saw him seeded 4th.

Jordan Spieth began the Masters with a six-under par round of 66, giving him a two-shot lead, meaning for the third time in four years, he would lead the opening major of the year after the first round.

The following week, Jordan Spieth began the defense of his Travelers Championship title with a 7-under-par round of 63, which included 6 birdies and an eagle.

Jordan Spieth'sdefense began with a 1-over-par round of 72, but he moved into contention over the next couple of days, with a bogey-free Saturday round of 65 moving him into a tie for the lead with fellow Americans Xander Schauffele and Kevin Kisner.

However, Jordan Spieth shot 76 on Sunday, with no birdies on his card, tumbling into a tie for ninth at -4, finishing four shots behind the champion Francesco Molinari.

Jordan Spieth finished in a tie for 60th in his next start at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, before a second attempt to complete the career grand slam at the PGA Championship saw him finish in a tie for 12th.

Jordan Spieth played in all five sessions of the Ryder Cup, collecting three points alongside Justin Thomas, but Europe would regain the trophy in Paris.

Jordan Spieth began 2019 by missing the cut by a shot at the Sony Open in Hawaii, before finishing in a tie for 35th at the Farmers Insurance Open.

In February 2019, Jordan Spieth entered the final round of the Genesis Open in a tie for fourth.

Jordan Spieth'sscorecard featured a double bogey on No 2, a triple bogey on No 5 where he three-putted from 4 feet and a quadruple-bogey 8 on the treacherous 10th hole after nearly driving the green.

In June 2020, Jordan Spieth finished tied for 10th at the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, after maintaining a lead for most of the third round.

Jordan Spieth then finished tied for 68th at RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina and tied for 54th at the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut.

Jordan Spieth next played in the Workday Charity Open at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, where he missed his second cut of the season.

Jordan Spieth began the year with a missed cut at the Farmers Insurance Open.

On Sunday, Jordan Spieth returned a 1-over par 72 to finish two strokes behind winner Brooks Koepka.

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In July 2021, Jordan Spieth was runner-up at The Open Championship, two shots behind winner Collin Morikawa.

In September 2021, Spieth played on the U S team in the 2021 Ryder Cup; he won one, lost 2 and tied one of his matches.

In September 2022, Spieth was selected to play on the U S team in the 2022 Presidents Cup; he won all five of his matches, including four partnered with Justin Thomas.

Jordan Spieth is the son of Shawn and Christine Jordan Spieth, both natives of Pennsylvania.

Jordan Spieth'sgrandfather, Donald Spieth, is a music teacher at Moravian College and Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he was a long-time conductor of the former Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra.

On January 2,2018, Jordan Spieth confirmed his engagement to long-time girlfriend, Annie Verret.

On September 3,2021, Jordan Spieth announced that he and his wife were expecting their first child in November.