Jordan Spieth is the No. 3 ranked golfer in the world, a Masters and U.S. Open champion and is now the face of the game.
He's from Dallas and won his 10th PGA tour title last month after chipping in from the bunker on the first playoff hole at the Travelers Championship.
And he has a younger brother playing for the Dallas Mavericks.
Steven Spieth, 22, is on the Mavericks' Las Vegas summer league roster. The team begins play Saturday against Chicago at the Thomas & Mack Center.
"It's great. The first day was just getting to know some of the guys. I grew up watching the Mavericks so it's an exciting experience," Steven Spieth said. "I don't know if I have a first memory. I came to watch a playoff game in 2011. Just growing up and coming to the games with my dad or sitting around the TV and cheering on the Mavs."
A graduate of Dallas Jesuit and Brown University, Steven Spieth was a two-time, first-team all-district selection in high school.
In his senior season at Brown, Spieth averaged career highs in points (17.3), steals (1.4) and minutes (34.6) per game, and in points, minutes, field goals, 3-pointers, 3-point percentage, free throws and free-throw percentage. He was a first-team All-Ivy League selection and earned CoSIDA Academic All-American honors.
He finished his career as Brown's fifth all-time scorer with 1,367 points and his 117 career starts are the most-ever at Brown and second-most in conference history.
