Jimmy Walker Wins the 2015 Valero Texas Open

In such a contrast to the tournaments we've seen over the past several weeks, Jimmy Walker dominated much of the weekend to secure a win at this years Valero Texas Open. He finished at 11-under par and with a four shot lead over Jordan Spieth. This is Jimmy's second win this year and and it keeps him comfortably atop the FedEx Cup Points list. It's also his 5th win in just two years on the PGA Tour.

The Texas native held a large lead going into the final round and it grew as the round progressed. At one point, he was ahead by more than five shots over Spieth, who was always trailing him in second. By the end, Speith, who was playing a good final round as well, managed to take Walker's lead down to four. For most of the weekend, the attention was on Walker and Spieth, given the large separation between them and the rest of the field. For example, Billy Horshell finished solo third at 4-under and the players at T4 finished at 3-under. Walker's putter also did him well this week, especially today, having earned him a few crucial pars and birdies (looks like that putter change paid off). And being a Texas native, he was able to play in front of much of his family and friends this week, which makes the win just a bit more special.

Despite his second place finish, Spieth (a Texas native as well) again showed the golfing world that he is still on fire with respect to his golf game. He's no doubt a favourite going into next week's Shell Houston Open and the Masters, where he nearly won it last year after a battle against Bubba Watson.

TPC San Antonio again played tough on the weekend, Saturday more than Sunday. A round in the low 70's was considered good for both days at the course that's considered one of the toughest courses to break par at on tour (excluding major venues). Sunday's round saw a few more scores in the high 60's as well.

As we mentioned on our Weekend Update post, lefty golfer Phil Mickelson was also in the mix. He unfortunately finished at T30 after weekend rounds that were full of ups and downs, ranging from a near albatross on Saturday, to shooting 42 on the front nine on Sunday. Better luck next week for him.

Finally, here's how our picks finished:

1) Jim Furyk: T58 at 10-over (+10)
2) Jordan Spieth: 2nd at 7-under (-7)

Not the best finish for Furyk, but excellent results from Spieth as we mentioned. Next week, the PGA Tour heads to Houston for the Shell Houston Open. Be sure to check out our picks for that tournaments later on this week,




-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

Jimmy Walker wins for the second time this year at the Valero Texas Open  

(Darren Abate / The Associated Press)