Meet Jordan Spieth’s sister Ellie with a neurological disorder, See Jaw Breaking details …
DALLAS – At just 22 years old, Jordan Spieth is the No. 1 golfer, the sport’s highest earning player and an international celebrity.
Back home in Dallas, the real star of the Spieth family is his 15-year-old sister.
“We say all the time – our friends and his friends – we all live in Ellie’s world,” said Chris Spieth, their mother. “No matter what’s going on, it’s all about her. At least she thinks that.”
If there is source of Jordan Spieth’s humility and maturity, it’s his little sister. Ellie was born prematurely with a still undiagnosed neurological disorder that left her developmentally challenged. As a New York Times feature eloquently put it, Ellie’s life is “a happy dance interrupted by cloudbursts.”
Jordan simply calls her “the best thing that ever happened to our family.”
“She’s the most special part of our family,” he said. “She’s the funniest part of our family.”
When Spieth is commended for the grounding impact of his relationship with his sister, he responds much like Bobby Jones when he was lauded for calling a penalty on himself at the 1925 U.S. Open.
