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John Mahaffey  |
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on All-Time Money List FULL NAME: John Mahaffey HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 160 BIRTHDATE: May 9, 1948 BIRTHPLACE: Kerrville, TX RESIDENCE: The Woodlands, TX FAMILY: Wife, Denise; John D. Mahaffey III (8/8/88), Meagan (6/12/92) EDUCATION: University of Houston (1970, Psychology) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fishing TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1971 JOINED TOUR: 1998 |
| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (10) 1973 Sahara Invitational. 1978 PGA Championship, American Optical Classic. 1979 Bob Hope Desert Classic. 1980 Kemper Open. 1981 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic. 1984 Bob Hope Classic. 1985 Texas Open. 1986 Tournament Players Championship. 1989 Federal Express St. Jude Classic. |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (1) 1999 Southwestern Bell Dominion. |
| Other Victories |
| 1970 NCAA Championship. 1978 World Cup (Indiv.). |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $58,119 (77) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| T21--Verizon Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 69 at Round 1, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, at Round 2, Music City Championship at Gaylord Opryland |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 1--1973 Sahara Invitational. 1978 PGA Championship, American Optical Classic. 1979 Bob Hope Desert Classic. 1980 Kemper Open. 1981 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic. 1984 Bob Hope Classic. 1985 Texas Open. 1986 Tournament Players Championship. 1989 Federal Express St. Jude Classic. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--1999 Southwestern Bell Dominion. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| 2--FleetBoston Classic T2--Greater Baltimore Classic |
| 2002 Season PGA TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--1; in money--; Top 10 finishes--0 |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--27; in money--26; Top 10 finishes--4 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Jumped seven spots on the money list and finished 36th...Played his best golf during a six-week span from mid-June until late July when he had two second-place finishes...First runner-up performance came at the Greater Baltimore Classic in late June when he finished T2 at Hayfields, one stroke behind J.C. Snead. Was on the leaderboard all three rounds and had his best effort since winning in San Antonio at the 1999 Southwestern Bell Dominion...Overcame back spasms to fire final-round 65 at FleetBoston Classic, but lost in a playoff to Bob Gilder...Was troubled by back problems at various times during the year. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: Finished T4 in Napa after battling Allen Doyle and eventual winner Sammy Rachels to the wire. Vaulted into contention on Saturday when he fired his career-low round, a Silverado South course-record 10-under 62 that included a front-nine score of 28. Reeled off 11 birdies in the round and seven in a row (holes 1-7). 2000: Finished solo third at the Kroger Senior Classic. 1999: Won his first Champions Tour event at the Southwestern Bell Dominion. Victory in San Antonio came 14 years after he claimed the Texas Open in the same city on the PGA TOUR. Made a 30-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to beat Jose Maria Canizares and Bruce Fleisher. Holed a clutch 20-foot birdie putt at the 17th hole in regulation to get into the overtime session...Hit 77 percent of Greens in Regulation, the highest mark in the history of the Champions Tour at that time (since surpassed by Tom Kite's 78.0 in 2000). 1998: Debuted at the Saint Luke's Classic and T26 at the Kansas City event...Best finish was a T2 at the Utah Showdown where he finished four strokes behind Gil Morgan. |
| Personal |
| Early in his career, was sought out by other players to do imitations...Many thought his comic imitation of Chi Chi Rodriguez's swing was even better than the real thing. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 3-2 |
| Champions Tour Playoff Record |
| 1-1 |
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