Jimmy Walker: Five PGA Tour Wins In 18 Months
/Since five wins was an average season for Tiger, the number isn't overwhelming. But considering that before Jimmy Walker's Valero Texas Open win there had been 19 straight different PGA Tour winners, the win total jumps out (yet he's barely in the OWGR top 10...oy).
Anyway, John Strege notes all of this and more in a GolfDigest.com column following Walker's 5th win in 18 months over Jordan Spieth, who battled late, the Masters Rory McIlroy is supposed to win may have to travel through these red-hot Texans.
McIlroy is a green jacket shy of the career grand slam, and we hear about inevitability (“If Rory doesn't win at Augusta in a few weeks’ time, he’ll win next year. And if he doesn't win next year, then he'll win it the year after,” Darren Clarke said last week). But don’t summon a tailor just yet.
Walker, who has two victories and a playoff loss in 2015, now has five PGA Tour victories in less than 18 months, the impetus for a rapid ascension that has landed him in the top 10 in the World Ranking.
The final round highlights from San Antonio:
**From the SI/golf. Confidential where Walker was the lead topic:
Gary Van Sickle, senior writer, Sports Illustrated (@GaryVanSickle): Walker is an elite player. He finished top ten in three of four majors last year and he's got five wins in two seasons. Any other Americans done that? He was eighth last year in his first Masters appearance. But to become a household name he needs to win a high-profile tourney, either a major or a WGC.
