Jimmy walker lyme disease treatment

Jimmy Walker, who won the PGA Championship in 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 to 16, winning a whopping six times including the icing on the cake of a major as he held off Jason Day at the 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 caused irreparable damage. When the bloodwork came back in March of , it showed Walker was positive for mononucleosis, West Nile virus, two different types of bacterial pneumonia and Lyme disease.

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 season. Walker has rolled back the years so far with successive rounds of 66 and he will have a lot of support as he looks to claim one of the all-time great comeback wins.

Have I to this point? Not really yet, but maybe this is the week where everything falls into place.

Is jimmie walker still alive

While he was on his five-month break from golf last year, Walker completely switched off from tour life, paying no attention to the professional game. Instead he was playing recreational golf, sipping beers and mowing lawns. It was like a five-month break or something.