Jimmy Walker gets his first PGA Tour win at the first tournament of 2014.
Walker has struggled over the years getting into the winners' circle, but maybe 2014 is his year. I mean, the man is undefeated, when it comes to events in 2014. Some one had to be.
Walker is a former Web.com Tour champion, getting his most recent win at the National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic. The only difference between his win Sunday and that one is $792k. So to say that the win on Sunday was big for Jimmy, would be an understatement.
Walker finished the tournament at -17, the next closest competitor was tour-veteran Vijay Singh, who finished the week at -15. Singh has been playing a little on the Champions Tour, now that he's turned 50. But this was a big week for Vijay because this ties for his best finish since 2007, where he won three times, and got two second place finishes.
Other notables who made it onto the leaderboard were former star Kevin Na, who tied for third with up and rising star, Hideki Matsuyama, and two others. The 21 year old Matsuyama finished at -14, and this was his best career finish on the PGA Tour. Matsuyama was on the losing end of the Presidents Cup, but it is just impressive that he was there. Matsuyama has shown us some great things so far, and we can expect to see even more out of him.
For Walker, the 2014 season is looking very bright. Maybe this is the year he really breaks out on the tour. But for others, the struggles have already began one week into the season.
Mike Weir, Robert Allenby, John Huh, and Bud Cauley were four of the six who finished in last place of the players who made the cut. While, Gary Woodland, Aaron Baddely, and Billy Horschel are three of the biggest names that didn't make the cut. This is not the start of the season these players were looking for, but one tournament doesn't define a season.
Walker and many others are satisfied with their start to the season, but players like Billy Horschel are looking for a better start next week at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.
Link to the Shriners leaderboard: http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html
Link for information of the Frys: http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/frys-com-open.html
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