Luke Kerr-Dineen

USA TODAY Sports

Take a step back, golf fans, and remember that there's a human being on the other side of name you see in your fantasy golf lineup.

The Valero Texas Open is the PGA Tour event this week, and among the most high profile players in the field is defending PGA Championship winner Jimmy Walker.

Many tipped him to do well in the build up to the event - right up until Walker's revelation during his Wednesday press conference that he had been battling Lyme Disease. He learned of the diagnosis during Masters week, he said, and had been feeling fatigued since Thanksgiving.

He spoke about it with the Associated Press earlier this month, too:

"I've just been totally lethargic," Walker said. "I've had no energy. I get to the golf course, and I just want to sit down. I was not about to say anything. I just kept plugging along."

That set off something of an alarm among the fantasy obsessives of the world. Enter Jimmy's wife Erin, who took them to task - and rightfully so.

Well said, Erin. Let's all hope Jimmy experiences a speedy recovery.