Jordan Spieth (born July 27, 1993) is an American amateur golfer, and the only golfer other than Tiger Woods to have won the U.S. Junior Amateur multiple times. Before turning 18 in July 2011, Spieth was number one in the Polo Golf Rankings, which determines the best junior golfers in the United States. Spieth, the 2009 and 2011 U.S. Junior Amateur champion, finished third in the 2009 Junior PGA Championship. As a result of his efforts that year, the American Junior Golf Association named him the Rolex Junior Player of the Year in 2009.
Spieth accepted an exemption to play in the PGA Tour's 2010 HP Byron Nelson Championship. It was the event's first amateur exemption since 1995. The tournament's previous exemptions had included Trip Kuehne in 1995, and Justin Leonard and Tiger Woods in 1993. Spieth made the cut, becoming the sixth-youngest player to make the cut at a PGA Tour event. Spieth was tied for 7th place after the third round, and finished the tournament in a tie for 16th place. He was offered another exemption into the tournament in 2011, when he again made the cut and finished in a tie for 32nd.