Jimmy Walker was able to hold off the defending PGA champion, Jason Day, to win his first major championship at Baltusrol. The 37-year-old Texan was 48th in the world golf rankings entering the week. He closed with a bogey-free three-under-par 67 to win on 14 under, and capture the title.
Walker has won six PGA Tour events in his 15-year career. With Sunday's win he earned $1.8 million. For the first time since 2011, all four of the year's majors have been claimed by first-time winners.
Click through the gallery to see the photos of Walker's PGA Championship win. (Getty)
Walker hugs caddie Andy Sanders after his putt for par on the 18th hole to win the 2016 PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club. Sanders has been Walker’s caddie since 2007. He's been by his side for the ups and downs of Walker's career, including four tournament wins in 2014.
Walker won three times in the first eight events of the 2014 PGA Tour season. He joined Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and David Duval as the only players in the last 20 years to win three of eight tournaments to begin a season. Walker has credited Sanders with much of his success on the course.
“Andy is one of the best putters I have ever known,” Walker told PGATour.com. “He’s great at reading greens, and even though we have different playing styles he helps me see courses in a different way. He knows my swing, and we can talk about it when something is working and when something isn’t working.”
Sanders was listed on Sport Stardom's Top 10 Highest Paid Caddies on the 2015 PGA Tour. Forbes also listed him as the eighth highest paid caddie following the 2014 season.
Both publications reported Sanders' earnings at $680,000 for the 2014 season. (Getty)
Walker celebrates with his wife Erin (L) and son Beckett (R) after making par on the 18th hole to win the 2016 PGA Championship. Jimmy and Erin celebrated their ten year wedding anniversary in September 2015. They celebrated by hitting the driving range at TopGolf.
The two met in 2004 when Walker was a volunteer at a Nationwide Tour event. They began dating and were married in 2005. (Getty)
Walker holds his son after capturing his first major tournament win. Erin and Jimmy have two children together: Mclain and Beckett. Erin has often discussed her level of commitment to her husband's career.
"I'm probably a little bit more involved than some wives," she told PGATour.com. "Jimmy might be the president, but I'm the CEO."
She also wears many hats in the Walker family to keep everything running smoothly.
"I'm the travel agent, and sometimes the coach and sometimes the cook, and the mom, and the wife. And it's busy, but it's great." (Getty)
Walker celebrates his putt for par on the 18th hole to win the 2016 PGA Championship. In 2016, Walker notched three top 10 finishes, and nine top 25 finishes. Before Sunday, his most recent win was the 2015 Sony Open in Hawaii. Walker has a net worth estimated at $15.5 million, according to Sport Rich List. Entering this week, he had earned $19,078,567 on the PGA Tour. (Getty)
Jimmy Walker (C) with his wife Erin (L) and son Beckett (R) react after his win on Sunday. Walker isn't the only competitive athlete in the family. Erin competes nationally in equestrian show jumping.
She told PGATour.com, she has learned to keep her competitive nature in check as the wife of a professional golfer.
"I've had to really learn to be supportive, and also kind of tone down my competitiveness, because I hate not having any control over what's going on," she said in the interview.
"I still have my horses, which keep me sane," Erin told PGATour.com. "They focus my competitive energy, and it's been great." (Getty)
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