Jordan Spieth Family Foundation Give Their Support to The First Tee

The First Tee of Greater Dallas will soon have a new home as part of the Trinity Forest Golf Club, a much-anticipated private club 10 miles south of downtown Dallas. And with the help of the Jordan Spieth Family Foundation, the new First Tee facility will be equipped with a high-technology learning center for use by young people of all backgrounds throughout the Dallas area.

The Jordan Spieth Family Foundation, created in 2014 to help fund causes important to Jordan Spieth and his family, is underwriting the “swing room” at the First Tee of Greater Dallas facility, complete with a golf simulator like the one Jordan Spieth has in his home. Spieth used the simulator to “play” the Old Course at St. Andrews in preparation for the Open Championship contested there last summer. Spieth finished one stroke out of a playoff at St. Andrews, after winning the first two major championships of the year.

“We’re using the Full Swing Golf simulator as a reward for our participants,” says Chuck Walker, managing director of programs for the First Tee of Greater Dallas. “One thing I really love about the simulator is that it bridges the gap between dreams and reality. Our participants will be able to play the most famous courses in the world on the simulator, and the reality is we’re continuing to do our part to expose these worthy young people to all the great things the game of golf has to offer.”

The 2015 Spieth Shootout

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  The PGA Player of the Year and Vardon trophies were presented in a ceremony at the Spieth Shootout on October 27. Shawn and Chris celebrate Jordan's winning year

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  Family is an important part of Jordan's success

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  Golfers, including Chad Pfeifer, warm up on the range at the TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas course. Pfeifer made history in July at the Albertsons Boise Open when he became the first veteran amputee to play in a Web.com Tour event

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  Jordan with former Texas Rangers catcher Ivan 'Pudge' Rodriguez

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  The host tees off at the Spieth Shootout

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  The Open Championship winner and good friend Zach Johnson joined the 2015 Spieth Shootout as a special guest

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  Rickie Fowler poses for a candid shot with fans on the course

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  Jordan guest stars in a selfie

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  Jordan joined Team Under Armour for the round

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  Garrett Yaralian, Ryan Kuehl and Leon Duncan from Under Armour

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  The Perfect Sense team included PGA TOUR winner JJ Henry and a group of local junior golfers

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  Junior golfers from the North Texas PGA and The First Tee of Greater Dallas had a chance to play in the Spieth Shootout. Junior golf is one of the three pillars of the Jordan Spieth Family Foundation

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  Country music star Pat Green, Jordan, JJ Henry and Rickie Fowler at the poolside reception following the Shootout

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  Special military guests from Honor Courage Commitment, one of the Jordan Spieth Family Foundation's gift recipients, stand with Jordan's trophy display at the 2015 Spieth Shootout charity concert

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  David Feherty, special guest and emcee of the charity concert, and Jordan talk about at a table inside the venue

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  Jordan stands in front of the auction board and items up for bidding

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  Jordan and David Feherty on stage

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  Country superstar Jake Owen and his band headlined the charity concert

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  Jake Owen, an avid golfer, has partnered with Jordan at the last two AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Ams

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  A great crowd had a lot of fun during Jake Owen's set

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  Jordan's favorite country music artist, Wade Bowen, also performed

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  Jordan and Ellie share the stage at the 2015 Spieth Shootout Charity Concert

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  Honor Courage Commitment graduates of the 22Fellowship program present Jordan with a gift as a thank you for the Foundaiton's support of their veteran support program

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  Rickie Fowler, Jordan and Jake Owen

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  Jordan and Rickie end the night with a Two-Step with Ellie

Jordan's annual charitable tournament included junior golfers from The First Tee of Greater Dallas and North Texas PGA

Trinity Forest Golf Club, the future home of the PGA Tour’s AT&T Byron Nelson Championship, is scheduled to open in fall 2016 in the southern sector of Dallas County. The county has the highest rates of children living in poverty, high-school dropouts and youth referred to juvenile probation among the nine counties in the North Texas region. The learning center at the First Tee of Greater Dallas is scheduled to open in spring 2017.

The First Tee, which provides young people with character-building and life-skills lessons using golf as the platform, fits the category of junior golf, one of three areas of focus for the Jordan Spieth Family Foundation (the others are special needs youth and veterans and military families). Spieth grew up playing junior golf in the greater Dallas area and has participated in many First Tee initiatives and golf clinics.

“It’s been so rewarding to watch the relationship between The First Tee of Greater Dallas and the Jordan Spieth Family Foundation grow during the past few years,” Walker said. “We could not ask for a better inspiration for our participants than Jordan. We’re both honored and humbled to have the support of both Jordan and the Jordan Spieth Foundation.”