Peanut Butter and Jelly, Ham and Cheese, Jimmy Walker and the Hawaiian Swing

Very few players have burned as brightly or as quickly as Jimmy Walker. After not doing much in his 20s, Walker went on a five-year tear in his 30s, racking up five PGA Tour titles and a major. But since winning the extremely unmemorable 2016 PGA Championship, Walker has had just seven top 10s. He’s now outside the top 500 in the world.

The official record books might not remember Jimmy Walker for much, but my personal record book has him down for one thing: the best Hawaiian Swing player of all time.

Here’s a snapshot of Walker’s Hawaiian record, Wikipedia graph style:

Keep in mind that his 2015 runner-up at Kapalua was a playoff loss to Patrick Reed! So from the 2014 TOC to the 2015 Sony, Walker lost to zero players in regulation in Hawaii.

That’s a pretty wild run. The Plantation Course and Waialae Country Club are very different golf courses, yet Walker seemed capable of channeling island energy at both. His 2015 Sony was particularly special. He shot rounds of 66-66-62-63 and WON BY NINE. Since 1900, only Tiger Woods (’97 Masters and ’00 U.S. Open) has won by a larger margin.

Following his stretch of Hawaiian dominance, Walker won the 2015 Valero Texas Open, collected a major that some contend never happened, and largely disappeared from the top ranks of pro golf.

Long live Hawaiian Jimmy Walker.