Jordan Spieth and wife Annie donate $500,000 despite a tough season, make philanthropic move ahead of the FedEx playoffs

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:

1. 2000 points
2. 1200 points
3. 760 points
4. 540 points
5. 440 points
6. 400 points
7. 360 points
8. 340 points
9. 320 points
10. 300 points
11. 280 points
12. 260 points
13. 240 points
14. 228 points
15. 220 points
16. 212 points
17. 204 points
18. 196 points
19. 188 points
20. 180 points

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A look at Jordan Spieth's performance in 2024

Jordan Spieth has had a mixed 2024 season. He has three top-10 finishes and seven missed cuts in 20 starts this year.

Spieth's best performance came early in the season at the Sentry where he finished third. His other notable performances include a T6 finish at the WM Phoenix Open and a T10 finish at Valero Texas Open.

His performance in Majors has been dismal as he was never in contention in any of them. He missed the cut at the Masters, tied at 43rd at the PGA Championship, tied at 41st at the US Open, and had a T25 finish at the Open Championship.

Let's take a look at Jordan Spieth's performance in the 2024 PGA Tour tournaments:

• The Sentry: 3 (66-67-67-65, 265, -27)
• AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: T39 (72-69-69, 210, -6)
• WM Phoenix Open: T6 (68-66-69-67, 270, -14)
• The Genesis Invitational: Disqualified (66-73, 139, -3)
• Arnold Palmer Invitational pres. by Mastercard: T30 (69-74-77-69, 289, +1)
• THE PLAYERS Championship: Missed Cut (74-72, 146, +2)
• Valspar Championship: Missed Cut (69-74, 143, +1)
• Valero Texas Open: T10 (73-68-72-69, 282, -6)
• Masters Tournament: Missed Cut (79-74, 153, +9)
• RBC Heritage: T39 (70-67-69-72, 278, -6)
• THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson: Missed Cut (68-70, 138, -4)
• Wells Fargo Championship: T29 (69-71-76-70, 286, +2)
• PGA Championship: T43 (69-69-67-73, 278, -6)
• Charles Schwab Challenge: T37 (71-67-71-72, 281, +1)
• the Memorial Tournament pres. by Workday: Missed Cut (74-75, 149, +5)
• U.S. Open: T41 (72-71-74-71, 288, +8)
• Travelers Championship: T63 (70-68-72-68, 278, -2)
• John Deere Classic: T26 (69-67-63-70, 269, -15)
• Genesis Scottish Open: Missed Cut (71-68, 139, -1)
• The Open: T25 (71-74-74-70, 289, +5)
• Wyndham Championship: Missed Cut (67-71, 138, -2)