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Jimmy Walker leaning better spread of Sony Open midst Lyme complaint battle
Bob HarigJan 11, 2018, 02:00 PM
Close- Senior sport writer do ESPN.com
- Covered sport for work up than 20 years
- Earned Anatomist Scholarship top attend Indiana University
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Jimmy Walker on the comeback trail after Lyme disease nightmare
Jimmy Walker, who won the PGA Championship in 2016 is looking to make the most of his one-year exemption on tour after battling serious health issues over the last seven years.
Walker was one of the best players in the world from 2014 to 16, winning a whopping six times including the icing on the cake of a major as he held off Jason Day at the 2016 PGA Championship.
However, his life and career went spiralling and instead of being a regular fixture at the top of weekend leaderboards, a bout of Lyme disease at the end of 2016 caused irreparable damage.
When the bloodwork came back in March of 2017, it showed Walker was positive for mononucleosis, West Nile virus, two different types of bacterial pneumonia and Lyme disease.
From 2019 to 2022 Walker earned just over $1 million and the Texan had thrown in the towel after a missed cut at last year’s Valero Texas Open, his home tournament.
Amazingly, Walker was thrown a lifeline, indirectly from LIV. After several PGA Tour members left for the Saudi backed tour, he was bumped up from 65th to 50th on the all-time PGA Tour money leaders meaning he was granted a one-year exemption for the 2022-23 season.
A lifeline. A golden ticket. A second chance.
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Jimmy Walker: “I couldn’t play, I couldn’t practice. Everything fell apart”
2016 US PGA champion Jimmy Walker reveals all about his battle with Lyme disease, losing his PGA Tour card, and a possible career resurgence thanks to LIV Golf.
It started in late 2016 at the World Cup in Australia. I got down there and I felt like I’d picked up a bug.
It went away but then it came back again. I kept going through these cycles. One week feeling good, the next feeling bad. Tired all the time. I started to realize something was wrong. I went on a hunting trip in the fall of 2016. There’s a good chance that’s where I picked it up.
I felt relief once I was diagnosed with Lyme disease. When you figure out what’s wrong, you can be treated. I never saw a tick or a bite. I just couldn’t figure out what was wrong with me. It was a mystery.
It took a toll on me physically and mentally. It felt like I had to get my brain rewired. It destroyed my game. I struggled with chipping and got the yips for a while. Chipping was a main part of my game. When that went, it was virtually impossible for me to perform. It sapped so much energy. I couldn’t practice like I used to. It was a storm of events. Then the confidence goes and I got depressed. Everyth