A match made within the hallways! Skilled golfer Jordan Spieth and his spouse, Annie Verret, tied the knot in 2018, however they met years earlier — whereas in highschool in Texas.
Verret, a former occasion planner, has been by her husband’s aspect all through his rise via the ranks of golf, from his 2012 choice to show professional throughout his sophomore 12 months on the College of Texas to his first Masters win in 2015. In late 2017, Spieth popped the query, and the duo received married lower than one 12 months later.
The pair saved their ceremony below wraps, however in September 2021, the athlete shared the information that he and Verret had been anticipating their first baby. “We weren’t, like, hiding it or something like that,” Spieth mentioned throughout a press convention on the time. “It was simply extra non-public life. Yeah, [we’re] very excited. She feels nice, that’s the No. 1 precedence and all the pieces’s going easily.”
Two months later, the Dallas native confirmed that Verret gave beginning on November 14, 2021. “Sammy Spieth born 11/14 💙,” the U.S. Open champ wrote by way of Instagram on the time, sharing a photograph of the toddler’s hand clutching one in all his dad and mom’ fingers. “Mama and child doing nice! Feeling blessed!”
Whereas Verret is a fixture on the sidelines at Spieth’s tournaments, the golfer has mentioned that his spouse “by no means feedback” on his sport — apart from one memorable piece of recommendation she gave him forward of his victory on the RBC Heritage occasion in April 2022.
“[She said], ‘You should take 5 seconds if you happen to miss a putt earlier than you hit your tap-in,’” he informed reporters after profitable the match, including that he considered Verret’s directive all through the day. “There [were] a pair occasions I used to be simply going to rake it, and I used to be like, ‘No, I’ve received to take 5 seconds.’ I’m simply glad it didn’t find yourself affecting all of it, to be trustworthy. Simply made it a little bit extra thrilling on the finish.”
Spieth has been open about the truth that golf is definitely not on the high of his precedence checklist regardless of his success. “My religion after which my household, after which after that, that is what I like to do,” he mentioned throughout a 2017 press convention. “[Golf is] not No. 1 in my life. And I’ll have a household of my very own sometime and … golf shall be fourth.”
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