Jordan Spieth has announced the birth of his third child, a son named Sully, just days before he is set to return to action at The Open Championship in Northern Ireland
Golf star Jordan Spieth has announced the arrival of his third child, just in time before he tees off at The Open Championship. In a heartwarming Instagram post on Sunday, Spieth revealed that his wife Annie had given birth to their son, Sully Spieth.
The PGA Tour star, who has been battling against injury, has been off the green since pulling out of the Travelers Championship. Spieth’s initial withdrawal was due to an injury, after having wrist surgery in 2024, but he chose to extend his break until the birth of his third child.
He has now confirmed his return for the star-studded Open championship, with no further limitations expected the rest of the year. Sharing a snapshot of his newborn with the family gathered around, Spieth wrote: “We added a new member to the foursome – Sully Spieth! Everyone is doing great.”
Jordan and Annie Spieth are now parents to three children, Sammy, Sophie, and Sully, welcoming each roughly two years apart. Spieth is now cherishing a few days with his family before heading to Northern Ireland for The Open, reports the Mirror US.
Spieth’s last competitive appearance ended abruptly when he withdrew from the Travelers’ first round due to a neck injury. This led him to miss subsequent tournaments including the Rocket Classic and the John Deere Classic.
Spieth opted to skip the Genesis Scottish Open too, with his wife due to give birth. While this restricted Spieth from building course momentum, he will be in contention at The Open Championship.
“I have a good team here, I knew it was short-lived,” Spieth said of his injury on the ‘Up & Adams Show‘ with Kay Adams. “I’ve been back to full strength, getting ready for The Open Championship next week, our last major of the year.
“Then, we have our play-offs. A lot of big events left, and I have no restrictions, which is great. I will be a little bit of a late arrival, but I will be there.
“Luckily, I have played The Open at this course in Northern Ireland six years ago, so I won’t feel like I have to learn a new place. I am just trying to get all the work in before baby comes, then I will head overseas.”
Despite enjoying some valuable family time off, Spieth expressed his frustration over having to withdraw early from the Travelers Championship, especially since TPC River Highlands is one of his favourite courses and he had high hopes for the event.
“Yeah, it’s incredibly frustrating because this was 10 out of 12 [events] for me, and I was looking at this being the strongest one,” he said. “I was very confident about that.
“Everything I had done in practice and the pro-am showed me it’s going to be a really good event. It’s just a very weird circumstance. It’s disappointing. We’re having a baby here in a couple of weeks.
“So I’ll have some time off now, obviously, to get healthy, but hopefully, after a few days, I can go through the right process to just get right back to where I was. Yeah, it’s a bummer. It’s a bummer at this event, obviously.”
