‘A tremendous honor’: Jordan Spieth is grateful to be the inaugural winner of The Legacy award

PEBBLE BEACH — Jordan Spieth, the inaugural recipient of The Legacy, a new award presented in conjunction with the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, probably deserves another award for how to accept an award.

A three-time major champion and the 2017 winner of the annual PGA Tour event at Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spieth was honored Tuesday night at The Lodge at Pebble Beach with an award presented by Golf Digest and the Monterey Peninsula Foundation. He was recognized for his embrace of the pro-am spirit and for his exemplary record of charitable work and giving back that aligns with the event and the host organization, MPF, which donates around $18 million annually to area charities.

“It’s a tremendous honor, being the first one, but I feel like this one really belongs to Annie and Laura, who are doing all of the groundwork and making things happen,” said Spieth, referring to his wife and to Laura Moses, representative for the Jordan Spieth Family Foundation, which was launched in 2014. “I want this to be for them.”