Jordan Spieth Is Officially Engaged And Ready For Anything In 2018
Jordan Spieth addressed the media yesterday in Maui ahead of the newly sponsored Sentry Tournament of Champions. Among the topics were confirming his recent engagement to longtime girlfriend Annie Verret and overcoming doubt during challenging times on the course with help from Teddy Roosevelt. Golfworld’s Dave Shedloski has the details of Spieth being in a “good place” right now entering 2018.
Regarding his engagement to Annie, Spieth revealed it nearly didn’t happen.
Right when he began to plan his big moment, he got sick.
“I had to have a backup plan,” he said. “But I woke up and felt good that day and went through with it.”
Spieth’s brother, Steven, who was playing basketball overseas, was home for the holidays, and Verret’s sister was in town.
“So we had our families there afterward, and it was a great night.”
Onto his struggles with that infamous 12th hole at the 2016 Masters…
So, all is well in the Spieth universe, which he admits he couldn’t quite say a year ago. It seems that his crushing Masters defeat in 2016 was still lingering over him, which he admits he wasn’t prepared to deal with.
“Personally, to be able to handle the, I don’t know, stress that it put on me for a lot of the rest of the year, that inhibited some success and inhibited confidence in my own game and my ability. Which it shouldn’t have,” Spieth said during a Tuesday morning news conference at the Plantation Course. He added that, he felt like “I had let outside influences get in the way for a good year.
“Yeah, I’m just in a fantastic place compared to what I would say, where I was last year.”
“The British Open, the Open Championship, it just did wonders for me,” said Spieth, 24, who ran his tour victory total to 11 with three wins last year. “And not only my view of myself, but my view on being the man in the arena and being … I’m the one that’s out there, that’s putting it on the line every single week.”
Spieth was going somewhere with this. A quote from Teddy Roosevelt runs through his head, he said, and bolsters his belief in himself and what he is doing, regardless of the outcome.
“I’m going to fail and learn, and I’m going to succeed, but I’m the one in the arena and it’s … that quote from Teddy Roosevelt; it’s like my favorite quote from all time. There are going to be critics … and people that disagree with the way you do things or whatever, but I feel like I’m in a great place of who I am and what I’m doing going forward. And starting 2018 I’m kind of ready for anything. I’m ready for failure, for success, and everything in between.”
It should make for another good watch this year. He’s paired with longtime buddy and reigning PGA Tour Player of the Year Justin Thomas in the final pairing Thursday.
