Jimmy Walker
Height: 6'2" (1.88 m)
Weight: 180 (82 kg)
Age: 44 (January 16, 1979)
Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Residence: Boerne, Texas
Family:
Wife, Erin; Mclain James, Beckett Meier
Education:
Baylor University
Special Interests:
Fishing, car racing, astrophotography
Turned Professional:
2001
City plays from:
San Antonio, TX, United States
Exempt Status
PGA TOURTop 50 in career money (thru 2022-23)
Career Victories
PGA TOUR Victories (6):
2014 (3) Frys.com Open, Sony Open in Hawaii, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. 2015 (2) Sony Open in Hawaii, Valero Texas Open. 2016 (1) PGA Championship.Korn Ferry Tour Victories (3):
2004 (2) BellSouth Panama Championship, Chitimacha Louisiana Open. 2007 (1) National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic.International Victories (1):
Player Statistics
Career Low Round:
62 - 2015 Sony Open in Hawaii (Round 3)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#1 : 2015 Valero Texas OpenCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#10 : 2015 Shell Houston OpenCareer Largest Paycheck:
$1,800,000 : 2016 PGA Championship (Finished 1)2022-23 Season Highlights
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PGA TOUR
RBC Heritage - Held a three-stroke lead after the second round of the RBC Heritage and went on to finish T25. Marked his ninth career 36-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR and first since the 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
National Team Selections
Career Records
| PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 1) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | FedExCup Rank | Earnings | |
| Total: | 403 | 1285 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 111 | 252 | 150 | 2 | $27,608,141 | ||
| 2023 | 19 | 56 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 107 | $1,018,403 | ||||||
| 2022 | 14 | 41 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 202 | $210,827 | ||||||
| 2021 | 25 | 74 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 166 | $661,287 | |||||
| 2020 | 16 | 46 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 179 | $243,370 | ||||||
| 2019 | 22 | 74 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 158 | $590,437 | ||||||
| 2018 | 23 | 77 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 75 | $2,027,312 | ||||
| 2017 | 21 | 65 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 111 | $1,101,162 | |||||
| 2016 | 25 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 14 | $4,148,546 | |||
| 2015 | 24 | 86 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 16 | $4,521,350 | |||
| 2014 | 27 | 96 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 7 | $5,787,016 | ||||
| 2013 | 24 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 36 | $2,117,570 | |||
| 2012 | 28 | 101 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 62 | $1,638,419 | |||||
| 2011 | 24 | 79 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 50 | $1,336,556 | |||||
| 2010 | 27 | 82 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 84 | $937,987 | ||||
| 2009 | 24 | 74 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 148 | $662,683 | ||||
| 2008 | 24 | 73 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 192 | $282,249 | ||||||
| 2006 | 21 | 58 | 1 | 9 | 12 | $153,950 | |||||||
| 2005 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 6 | $155,850 | |||||||
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2001 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | $13,164 | ||||||||
| (A) - Amateur | |||||||||||||
Top Tournaments |
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| PGA TOUR | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE PLAYERS Championship | Masters Tournament | PGA Championship | U.S. Open | The Open Championship | WGC-HSBC Champions | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv | WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession | |
| 2023 | CUT | ||||||||
| 2022 | T55 | ||||||||
| 2021 | CUT | 60 | T64 | CUT | CUT | ||||
| 2020 | CNL | CUT | |||||||
| 2019 | T67 | T36 | T23 | CUT | CUT | ||||
| 2018 | T2 | T20 | T42 | T56 | CUT | ||||
| 2017 | T56 | T18 | CUT | CUT | T54 | T77 | T39 | T28 | T25 |
| 2016 | CUT | T29 | 1 | CUT | CUT | T38 | T16 | 6 | |
| 2015 | CUT | T38 | CUT | T58 | T30 | T35 | T52 | T53 | T31 |
| 2014 | T6 | T8 | T7 | T9 | T26 | T46 | T17 | T26 | T25 |
| 2013 | T15 | CUT | CUT | ||||||
| 2012 | T35 | T21 | |||||||
| 2011 | CUT | ||||||||
| 2010 | T26 | CUT | |||||||
| 2002 | CUT | ||||||||
| 2001 | T52 | ||||||||
| FedExCup Playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FedEx St. Jude Championship | Dell Technologies Championship | BMW Championship | TOUR Championship | |
| 2018 | T71 | T71 | ||
| 2017 | CUT | |||
| 2016 | CUT | 3 | T13 | 28 |
| 2015 | T69 | CUT | T32 | T18 |
| 2014 | CUT | T9 | T20 | T17 |
| 2013 | T54 | CUT | T11 | |
| 2012 | T38 | T51 | 64 | |
| 2011 | T18 | T37 | T22 | |
| 2010 | T52 | CUT | ||
Personal
- Learned the game from his father, who was a scratch golfer.
- Met his wife, Erin, at a Korn Ferry Tour event in 2004, where she was a tournament volunteer. Erin is competitive in equestrian competitions. Father-in-law, Mark Stiegemeier, was the 1975 world champion in freestyle skiing.
- Avid astrophotographer and his photos have been selected as NASA's astronomy photos of the day.