Jordan Spieth | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Jordan Alexander Spieth |
Born | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | July 27, 1993
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Residence | Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Spouse |
Annie Verret (m. 2018) |
Children | 2 |
Career | |
College | University of Texas |
Turned professional | 2012 |
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Professional wins | 16 |
Highest ranking | 1 (August 16, 2015)[1] (26 weeks) |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 13 |
European Tour | 3 |
PGA Tour of Australasia | 2 |
Other | 1 |
Best results in major championships (wins: 3) | |
Masters Tournament | Won: 2015 |
PGA Championship | 2nd: 2015 |
U.S. Open | Won: 2015 |
The Open Championship | Won: 2017 |
Achievements and awards | |
Jordan Alexander Spieth (/ˈspiːθ/; born July 27, 1993) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. He is a three-time major winner and the 2015 FedEx Cup champion.[2]
Spieth's first major win came in the 2015 Masters Tournament, when he shot a 270 (−18). He tied the then 72-hole record set by Tiger Woods in 1997 and became the second youngest golfer (behind Woods) to win the Masters. He then won the 2015 U.S. Open with a score of 5-under-par.[3] He was the youngest U.S. Open champion since amateur Bobby Jones in 1923. He followed up with a win in the 2015 Tour Championship, which clinched the 2015 FedEx Cup. Two years later, Spieth won his third major at the 2017 Open Championship, by three shots at 12 under par.[4]
Spieth won the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year in 2016.[5]