Country music star shares what it’s like playing with Jordan Spieth

The Pebble Beach Professional-Am is all the time a deal with for golf followers. Not solely do they get an opportunity to see the great thing about the famed seaside hyperlinks every February, however in addition they get to observe celebs workforce up with golfers within the pro-am competitors. There’s no greater week on the calendar for the intersection of golf and popular culture.

Nation music star Jake Owen is a mainstay within the celeb subject for the pro-am. As an avid golfer, the musician all the time makes time in his busy schedule to enterprise to the Monterey Peninsula every year to tee it up alongside the professionals.

Making the occasion much more engaging is the truth that Owen’s Tour professional accomplice is without doubt one of the most well-known within the recreation in Jordan Spieth. On this week’s episode of GOLF’s Subpar, Owen gave somewhat perception into what it’s like teaming up with the three-time main winner every year at Pebble Seashore.

“He’s an amazing, unbelievable man,” Owen stated. “He’s an unbelievable expertise.”

Owen and Spieth have performed collectively within the Pebble Seashore Professional-Am yearly since Spieth first performed within the occasion in 2013, and the 2 have developed fairly the rapport within the time since.

“To observe him develop — to observe him go from the brand new man, to successful a Masters and successful a U.S. Open and successful majors and being a father, and now put up fatherhood, successful once more — watching this trip, I actually get pleasure from watching that,” Owen stated. “I have a look at it as a deal with to play with him.”

Of their time taking part in alongside one another, Spieth has received the occasion as soon as — in 2017 — and completed inside the highest 10 5 different occasions.

Take a look at the total episode of Subpar under.

Zephyr Melton

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Zephyr Melton is an assistant editor for GOLF.com the place he spends his days running a blog, producing and enhancing. Previous to becoming a member of the workforce at GOLF, he attended the College of Texas adopted by stops with the Texas Golf Affiliation, Staff USA, the Inexperienced Bay Packers and the PGA Tour. He assists on all issues instruction and covers novice and ladies’s golf. He might be reached at zephyr_melton@golf.com.