The Manila Times

Jordan Spieth engaged to his high school sweetheart

- TNS

GOLFER Jordan Spieth of Dallas is apparently engaged to his longtime sweetheart, Annie Verret, according to a photo and congrats making the rounds on social media on Christmas Eve.

or Verret, both 24, but a fellow golfer and others seem to believe it’s a done deal.

Verret is a graduate of Texas Tech University and an event coordinato­r for The First Tee of Greater Dallas, which teaches and guides young people through golf. She started dating Spieth in high school in Dallas where she attended Ursuline Academy and he went to Jesuit College Preparator­y School.

Spieth, who won The Dean & DeLuca Invitation­al at The Colonial in Fort Worth in 2016 and was runner-up in 2015, has been called the emerging face of pro golf.

He’s been ranked as high as No. 1 in the world and is currently at No. 2 and has won almost $37 million in his brief

Last December, Spieth bought fellow golfer Hunter Mahan’s palatial estate in the Preston Hollow neighborho­od of Dallas for $7.1 million. At the time, the bedrooms and six baths, an indoor basketball court, golf simulator, car garage.

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