Erin Walker kisses husband Jimmy Walker after he claimed the US PGA Championship in 2016. She spends 30 weeks of the year traveling the world as he participates on the PGA Tour.
Erin Walker kisses husband Jimmy Walker after he claimed the US PGA Championship in 2016. She spends 30 weeks of the year traveling the world as he participates on the PGA Tour.
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The pair also have to juggle the responsibility of looking after their two young sons, Beckett, 4, and Mclain, 7. "I knew when we had kids he would be traveling and I would be a short-term single parents, so I can't exactly say that's a negative," she tells CNN.
The pair also have to juggle the responsibility of looking after their two young sons, Beckett, 4, and Mclain, 7. "I knew when we had kids he would be traveling and I would be a short-term single parents, so I can't exactly say that's a negative," she tells CNN.
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On top of all her duties as de facto CEO of Team Walker, she also manages to squeeze in her passion for amateur showjumping, competing around the US in up to 15 competitions a year.
On top of all her duties as de facto CEO of Team Walker, she also manages to squeeze in her passion for amateur showjumping, competing around the US in up to 15 competitions a year.
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Erin postponed her dream of going to law school, but uses her journalism, advertizing and marketing major to help her husband out. "I'm the one who runs his ship," she says. "I'm doing everything else, just making it as easy on Jimmy as possible so all he has to do is play golf."
Erin postponed her dream of going to law school, but uses her journalism, advertizing and marketing major to help her husband out. "I'm the one who runs his ship," she says. "I'm doing everything else, just making it as easy on Jimmy as possible so all he has to do is play golf."
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Erin is often an outspoken political voice, writes in the golf press and has her own blog called 'Tour Wife Travels'.
Erin is often an outspoken political voice, writes in the golf press and has her own blog called 'Tour Wife Travels'.
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