Jimmy Walker

He also raised his Official World Golf Ranking to 24th.

He finished the year 43rd in the FedEx Cup standings, with six top-10 finishes.

He was 68th in the FedEx Cup standings and qualified for the third FedEx Cup playoff event, the BMW Championship, for the first time.

He had a six-stroke advantage going into the final round, but shot a two-over-par 74 on Sunday and needed to hole a five-foot par putt on the 18th for the victory.

James William Walker (born January 16, 1979) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Born in Oklahoma City, Walker and his family later moved to Texas to the San Antonio area, and he graduated from Canyon High School in New Braunfels in 1997.

He played college golf at Baylor University in Waco, Texas and turned professional at age 22 in 2001.

Walker played on the Nationwide Tour full-time in 2003 and 2004.

In 2004, he won the first two professional events of his career at the BellSouth Panama Championship and the Chitimacha Louisiana Open.

Walker ended the 2004 season as the Nationwide Tour's leading money winner and won Player of the Year honors, while in the process earning his PGA Tour card for the first time.

Walker only played in nine PGA Tour events in 2005 due to injury, making three cuts and a best finish of 17th at the MCI Heritage.

He played his first full season on the PGA Tour in 2006, where he played in 21 events.

Walker made nine cuts and had one top-25 finish.

He ended the season 202nd on the money list, which was not enough to retain his playing rights.

Walker went back to the Nationwide Tour in 2007, where he added a third title to his name at the National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic and finished in 25th place on the Nationwide Tour's money list, which qualified him for a PGA Tour card for the 2008 season.

Again, Walker endured a difficult season, making 13 cuts in 24 events, with three top-25 finishes.

He finished in a tie for 11th, which was enough to regain his card for the 2009 season.

Walker fared better in 2009, where he recorded his first two top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour, including a T5 at the Turning Stone Resort Championship.

Walker finished the 2009 season ranked 125th on the money list, securing the last available tour card for the next season.

In 2010, Walker made less than half of the cuts he played in, but had a T3 and T4 finish to boost his season's placing.

He finished 2010 ranked 103rd on the money list.

In 2011, Walker enjoyed his best season to that point, helped by three 4th/T4 finishes throughout the season.

Walker followed up a solid 2011 season with another good year in 2012.

Walker started to develop a consistent game on the PGA Tour, evidenced when he made 25 consecutive cuts from the 2012 John Deere Classic to the 2013 Memorial Tournament.

During this run, Walker had finishes of T2, T3, and T4 as he finished the 2013 season with over $2 million in tour earnings.

In the first of these, Walker won his first PGA Tour event at the 2013 Frys.com Open, after nine years and 188 PGA Tour starts.

He won by two strokes over Vijay Singh after shooting 62–66 over the weekend.

After playing in 187 events without a win on the PGA Tour, Walker won three times in the first eight events of the 2014 season.

The 2014 season was the first to begin with six events in the fall of 2013.

Walker opened up 2014 finishing T21 at his first visit to the Hyundai Tournament of Champions.

The following week, he earned his second PGA Tour win at the Sony Open in Hawaii.

He birdied four of the final six holes and shot a final round 63 to win by one stroke over Chris Kirk.

Five weeks later, in early February 2014, Walker won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am by one stroke over Dustin Johnson and Jim Renner.

This was his third victory of the 2014 season in just eight starts, after previously going 187 events without a victory.

With his win, Walker became the leader on the 2014 money list, FedExCup standings, and Ryder Cup points standings.

A T8 finish at the 2014 Masters Tournament raised his ranking to 19th, and ensured him an invitation into the 2015 tournament.

He is a six-time winner on the PGA Tour and in 2016 won his first major title at the PGA Championship.

The win gave him an exemption into the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, and earned him his first trip to the Masters Tournament and a PGA Tour card until the end of 2016.

Walker also entered the world's top 50 for the first time.

He ended the year 192nd on the FedEx Cup Standings and entered the year end Q-school to try to regain his card.