Jordan Spieth and his wife Annie Verret recently donated $500,000 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The donation was made in the name of The Jordan Spieth Family Foundation for AML Research, which involves finding better treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
The Jordan Spieth Family Foundation was founded in 2014 when Spieth was just 21 years old. Since then, the foundation has helped in supporting individuals with special needs, junior golf, military families and veterans, and pediatric cancer.
This comes ahead of the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship which is scheduled from Thursday, August 15 to 18 at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. The Memphis Open which is now known as the FedEx St. Jude Championship, has raised over $60 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital since 1970.Jordan Spieth’s donation comes despite him having a tough 2024 season. His total earnings this year has been $2,691,991. After his performances this season, the three-time Major Champion has slipped from 16th to 43rd in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR).
Spieth has barely made it to the FedExCup playoffs. He is positioned 64th in the FedExCup standings with 782 points.Scottie Scheffler is on the top of the FedExCup standings with 5,993 points and is ahead of Xander Scahuffele by over 1900 points. Jake Knapp is positioned 50th with 970 points, while Spieth is 188 points behind him and will need to finish in top-19 for a chance to advance to the 2024 BMW Championship.The FedExCup points with respective ranks at the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship is as follows:
