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American professional golfer (born 1948)

John Mahaffey
Personal information
Full name	John Drayton Mahaffey Jr.
Born	(1948-05-09)May 9, 1948 (age 77) Kerrville, Texas, U.S.
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	160 lb (73 kg; 11 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.
Career
College	University of Houston
Turned professional	1971
Former tours	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	16
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	10
PGA Tour Champions	1
Other	5
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	T8:1981
PGA Championship	Won:1978
U.S. Open	2nd:1975
The Open Championship	T10:1975

John Drayton Mahaffey Jr. (born May 9, 1948) is an Americanprofessional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including 10PGA Tour events.

Early life

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Mahaffey was born inKerrville, Texas. He attended theUniversity of Houston inHouston, Texas. Mahaffey graduated in 1970 with a degree inpsychology.

Professional career

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In 1971, Mahaffey turned pro. He came close to winning back-to-backU.S. Opens. At the1975 U.S. Open he lost in a playoff toLou Graham at theMedinah Country Club inMedinah, Illinois. The following year, at the1976 U.S. Open, Mahaffey had a two-shot lead after 54 holes at theAtlanta Athletic Club inJohns Creek, Georgia before shooting a final round 73 and finishing T-4.

In 1978, he won thePGA Championship. It was held atOakmont Country Club inOakmont, Pennsylvania. Mahaffey became the best comeback winner in PGA history after trailingTom Watson by seven strokes with 14 holes to play. Ultimately, the tournament came down to a three-player playoff – Mahaffey, Watson andJerry Pate. All three players made par on the first playoff hole. The drama ended on the second playoff hole when Pate missed the green, Watson missed a 30-foot birdie attempt and Mahaffey made his 12-foot birdie putt for the Championship.^[1] Later in the year he also won theWorld Cup individual and team event where he was paired withAndy North in 1978.

Mahaffey played on the1979 Ryder Cup team the following year.

Later in his career, he began work as an announcer onGolf Channel telecasts of thePGA Tour Champions.

Personal life

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Mahaffey lives nearHouston atThe Woodlands in his home state of Texas. His family includes wife Elizabeth, and two children.^{[citation needed]}

Amateur wins

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1970NCAA Championship

Professional wins (16)

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PGA Tour wins (10)

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Legend
Major championships (1)
Players Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Oct 28,1973	Sahara Invitational	−13 (68-66-69-68=271)	3 strokes	Dave Eichelberger
2	Aug 6,1978	PGA Championship	−8 (75-67-68-66=276)	Playoff	Jerry Pate,Tom Watson
3	Aug 13, 1978	American Optical Classic	−14 (71-65-67-67=270)	2 strokes	Raymond Floyd,Gil Morgan
4	Jan 14,1979	Bob Hope Desert Classic	−17 (66-66-71-71-69=343)	1 stroke	Lee Trevino
5	Jun 1,1980	Kemper Open	−5 (68-72-67-68=275)	3 strokes	Craig Stadler
6	July 26,1981	Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic	−8 (72-67-70-67=276)	2 strokes	Andy North
7	Jan 15,1984	Bob Hope Classic (2)	−20 (66-70-70-68-66=340)	Playoff	Jim Simons
8	Sep 29,1985	Texas Open	−12 (68-68-65-67=268)	Playoff	Jodie Mudd
9	Mar 30,1986	Tournament Players Championship	−13 (69-70-65-71=275)	1 stroke	Larry Mize
10	Aug 6,1989	Federal Express St. Jude Classic	−12 (70-71-66-65=272)	3 strokes	Bob Gilder,Hubert Green, Bernhard Langer,Bob Tway

PGA Tour playoff record (3–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1975	U.S. Open	Lou Graham	Lost 18-hole playoff; Graham: E (71), Mahaffey: +2 (73)
2	1978	PGA Championship	Jerry Pate,Tom Watson	Won with birdie on second extra hole
3	1984	Bob Hope Desert Classic	Jim Simons	Won with par on second extra hole
4	1985	Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic	Mark Wiebe	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
5	1985	Texas Open	Jodie Mudd	Won with par on second extra hole

Other wins (5)

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No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Dec 3, 1978	World Cup (withAndy North)	−12 (141-144-138-141=564)	10 strokes	Australia −Wayne Grady andGreg Norman
2	Dec 3, 1978	World Cup Individual Trophy	−7 (69-72-69-71=281)	2 strokes	Andy North
3	Nov 11, 1979	World Cup (2) (withHale Irwin)	−1 (141-141-152-141=575)	5 strokes	Scotland −Ken Brown andSandy Lyle
4	Jan 4, 1981	Spalding Invitational	−9 (69-69-69-72=279)	1 stroke	Buddy Allin
5	Dec 12, 1982	JCPenney Mixed Team Classic (withJoAnne Carner)	−20 (68-67-63-70=268)	1 stroke	Jay Haas andHollis Stacy

Senior PGA Tour wins (1)

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No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Jun 20,1999	Southwestern Bell Dominion	−12 (67-67-70=204)	Playoff	José María Cañizares,Bruce Fleisher

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1999	Southwestern Bell Dominion	José María Cañizares,Bruce Fleisher	Won with birdie on second extra hole Fleisher eliminated by birdie on first hole
2	2002	FleetBoston Classic	Bob Gilder	Lost to birdie on third extra hole

Major championships

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Wins (1)

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Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runners-up
1978	PGA Championship	7 shot deficit	−8 (75-67-68-66=276)	Playoff¹	Jerry Pate,Tom Watson

¹Defeated Pate and Watson with a birdie on the second extra hole.

Results timeline

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Tournament	1970	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1978	1979
Masters Tournament				CUT	CUT	T39
U.S. Open	T36LA	CUT	T29	T12	2	T4		T36
The Open Championship				T44	T10
PGA Championship			T30	T9	T28	WD	1	T51

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	T44	T8	CUT	T40	CUT	T14	T42	T35
U.S. Open	T28	CUT	T22	T34	T30	T39	CUT	T24		T46
The Open Championship	T32						T30
PGA Championship	T15	CUT	T42	CUT	T20	T23	CUT	T65	T15	CUT

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1997
Masters Tournament	T42
U.S. Open	CUT			CUT	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship	T40	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	WD

Win

Top 10

Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Summary

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Tournament	Wins	2nd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	1	2	12	8
U.S. Open	0	1	2	2	5	20	13
The Open Championship	0	0	0	1	1	4	4
PGA Championship	1	0	1	2	6	23	12
Totals	1	1	3	6	14	59	37

Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (1978 PGA – 1981 Masters)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1975 U.S. Open – 1975 Open Championship)

The Players Championship

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Wins (1)

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Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1986	Tournament Players Championship	4 shot deficit	−13 (69-70-65-71=275)	1 stroke	Larry Mize

Results timeline

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Tournament	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
The Players Championship	T19	T11	T34		T12		T5	T19	T35	T3	T10	CUT	1	T32	T27	T45	CUT	CUT	T9	CUT	T27	T55	CUT

Win

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

U.S. national team appearances

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Professional

Ryder Cup:1979 (winners)
World Cup:1978 (winners, individual winner),1979 (winners)
Nissan Cup: 1986

References

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^"PGA Championship History – 1978: Never count a golfer out". PGA of America. Archived fromthe original on August 13, 2013. RetrievedNovember 15, 2013.

External links

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John Mahaffey at thePGA Tour official site
John Mahaffey at theOfficial World Golf Ranking official site

v t e PGA Championship champions
Match play era	1916Jim Barnes 1919Jim Barnes 1920Jock Hutchison 1921Walter Hagen 1922Gene Sarazen 1923Gene Sarazen 1924Walter Hagen 1925Walter Hagen 1926Walter Hagen 1927Walter Hagen 1928Leo Diegel 1929Leo Diegel 1930Tommy Armour 1931Tom Creavy 1932Olin Dutra 1933Gene Sarazen 1934Paul Runyan 1935Johnny Revolta 1936Denny Shute 1937Denny Shute 1938Paul Runyan 1939Henry Picard 1940Byron Nelson 1941Vic Ghezzi 1942Sam Snead 1944Bob Hamilton 1945Byron Nelson 1946Ben Hogan 1947Jim Ferrier 1948Ben Hogan 1949Sam Snead 1950Chandler Harper 1951Sam Snead 1952Jim Turnesa 1953Walter Burkemo 1954Chick Harbert 1955Doug Ford 1956Jack Burke Jr. 1957Lionel Hebert
Stroke play era	1958Dow Finsterwald 1959Bob Rosburg 1960Jay Hebert 1961Jerry Barber† 1962Gary Player 1963Jack Nicklaus 1964‡Bobby Nichols 1965Dave Marr 1966Al Geiberger 1967Don January† 1968Julius Boros 1969‡Raymond Floyd 1970Dave Stockton 1971Jack Nicklaus 1972Gary Player 1973Jack Nicklaus 1974Lee Trevino 1975Jack Nicklaus 1976Dave Stockton 1977Lanny Wadkins† 1978John Mahaffey† 1979David Graham† 1980Jack Nicklaus 1981Larry Nelson 1982‡Raymond Floyd 1983‡Hal Sutton 1984Lee Trevino 1985Hubert Green 1986Bob Tway 1987Larry Nelson† 1988Jeff Sluman 1989Payne Stewart 1990Wayne Grady 1991John Daly 1992Nick Price 1993Paul Azinger† 1994Nick Price 1995Steve Elkington† 1996Mark Brooks† 1997Davis Love III 1998Vijay Singh 1999Tiger Woods 2000‡Tiger Woods† 2001David Toms 2002Rich Beem 2003Shaun Micheel 2004Vijay Singh† 2005Phil Mickelson 2006Tiger Woods 2007Tiger Woods 2008Pádraig Harrington 2009Y. E. Yang 2010Martin Kaymer† 2011Keegan Bradley† 2012Rory McIlroy 2013Jason Dufner 2014Rory McIlroy 2015Jason Day 2016Jimmy Walker 2017Justin Thomas 2018Brooks Koepka 2019Brooks Koepka 2020Collin Morikawa 2021Phil Mickelson 2022Justin Thomas† 2023Brooks Koepka 2024‡Xander Schauffele 2025Scottie Scheffler
† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire; 1943cancelled due toWorld War II

v t e United States Ryder Cup team –1979
Andy Bean Lee Elder Hubert Green Mark Hayes Hale Irwin Tom Kite John Mahaffey Gil Morgan Larry Nelson Lee Trevino Lanny Wadkins Fuzzy Zoeller Billy Casper (non-playing captain)
Won: 17 – 11

v t e Players Championship champions
1974Jack Nicklaus 1975Al Geiberger 1976Jack Nicklaus 1977Mark Hayes 1978Jack Nicklaus 1979Lanny Wadkins 1980Lee Trevino 1981Raymond Floyd† 1982Jerry Pate 1983Hal Sutton 1984Fred Couples 1985Calvin Peete 1986John Mahaffey 1987Sandy Lyle† 1988Mark McCumber 1989Tom Kite 1990Jodie Mudd 1991Steve Elkington 1992Davis Love III 1993Nick Price 1994Greg Norman 1995Lee Janzen 1996Fred Couples 1997Steve Elkington 1998Justin Leonard 1999David Duval 2000Hal Sutton 2001Tiger Woods 2002Craig Perks 2003Davis Love III 2004Adam Scott 2005Fred Funk 2006Stephen Ames 2007Phil Mickelson 2008Sergio García† 2009Henrik Stenson 2010Tim Clark 2011K. J. Choi† 2012Matt Kuchar 2013Tiger Woods 2014Martin Kaymer 2015Rickie Fowler† 2016Jason Day 2017Kim Si-woo 2018Webb Simpson 2019Rory McIlroy 2021Justin Thomas 2022Cameron Smith 2023Scottie Scheffler 2024Scottie Scheffler 2025Rory McIlroy†
† indicates the event was won in a playoff; 2020cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic

Players Championship champions