LIV exits offer Walker path back to Tour

FAMILY FIRST: Jimmy Walker celebrates with his wife Erin and sons Beckett and Mclain after winning the 2016 PGA Championship at Baltusrol. Six years later, Walker says his family’s encouragement was the deciding factor on his return to the PGA Tour. Picture: Andrew Redington/Getty Images

Jimmy Walker quietly stepped away from the PGA Tour in April, not sure whether it was lingering effects of Lyme disease or mounting frustration — probably both — that led to the decision. He just knew he needed to get away for the rest of the year, maybe two, maybe longer.

And then LIV Golf came along.