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SECTION 2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES
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CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0
Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank
2003 1 1 17,567 127
2004 2 1 1 56,265 100
2005 2 1 18,005 125
Total 5 1 3 91,837
COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $98,217
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 1998
CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES (1): 1999
Southwestern Bell Dominion.
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.
OTHER VICTORIES (4): 1970 NCAA Championship
[indiv]. 1978 World Cup [indiv], World Cup [with Andy
North]. 1979 World Cup [with Hale Irwin].
PGA TOUR CAREER EARNINGS: $3,876,852
BEST 2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR FINISH: T12—
Administaff Small Business Classic.
2005 SEASON:
Continued to split time between playing and serving as a
roving announcer on Champions Tour Golf Channel telecasts…Fifteen
starts were the fewest he's made in a season
since joining the circuit…Used a golf tip from fellow
professional Vicente Fernandez midway through the year to
eventually record his best finish on the Champions Tour in
three seasons. Was T12 at the Administaff Small Business
Classic near Houston, his best performance since a playoff
loss at the 2002 FleetBoston Classic. Equaled the low
Sunday round when he closed with a 7-under 65 at Augusta
Pines, his best score since firing a 65 in the final round of the
same Boston event in 2002.
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2003: Lone top-25 finish was a T21 at the Verizon Classic in
John Mahaffey
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 30 on All-Time Money List
FULL NAME: John Drayton Mahaffey
HEIGHT: 5-9
WEIGHT: 160
BIRTHDATE: May 9, 1948
BIRTHPLACE: Kerrville, TX
RESIDENCE: The Woodlands, TX
CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-1
Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank
1998 23 1 2 11 $365,233 49
1999 32 1 1 13 23 988,778 15
2000 31 1 9 16 714,426 28
2001 25 4 13 467,985 43
2002 27 2 4 7 538,696 36
2003 20 1 73,306 95
2004 20 40,259 104
2005 15 1 66,287 89
Total 193 1 3 2 32 72 3,254,970
COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $7,131,822
Bill Longmuir (Continued)
his third start of the year. 2002: 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 at Hayfields, one
stroke behind J.C. Snead…Overcame back spasms to fire
final-round 65 at FleetBoston Classic, but lost in a playoff to
Bob Gilder. 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 only 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 20foot
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 the
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.
OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
High point of 25-year career came at the 1978 PGA
Championship at Oakmont CC, where he won a playoff over
Tom Watson and Jerry Pate…Went on to claim the
American Optical Classic in Sutton, MA, the following
week…Earned a 10-year exemption with his one-stroke victory
over Larry Mize at 1986 Tournament Players
Championship (now THE PLAYERS Championship). Fired
third-round 65 on Stadium Course at the TPC at Sawgrass to
move into contention…Last victory came at the 1989
Federal Express St. Jude Classic, where he closed with
rounds of 66-65 for a three-stroke win at TPC at
Southwind…Led the PGA TOUR in Greens in Regulation in
Champions Tour 2006 Guide
CHAMPIONS TOUR MAJOR TOURNAMENT SUMMARY
Year 03 04 05
Senior PGA Championship T55 CUT
Senior British Open Championship T20 7 T23
FAMILY: John D. Mahaffey III (8/8/88), Meagan
(6/12/92)
CLUB AFFILIATION: Augusta Pines GC (Spring, TX)
EDUCATION: University of Houston (1970, Psychology)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fishing
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1971
JOINED PGA TOUR: 1971
1985 and 1986…Played on two U.S. World Cup teams, in
1978 and 1979, and was the medalist in 1978…Member of
the U.S. Ryder Cup team in 1979 and the Nissan Cup squad
in 1986…Was the 1970 NCAA champion while at the
University of Houston, where he was a teammate of Tom
Jenkins.
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.
PLAYER STATISTICS
2005 CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS:
Scoring Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74.49 (78)
Driving Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244.2 (79)
Driving Accuracy Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75.9% (13)
Greens in Regulation Pct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62.5% (72)
Putting Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.880 (79)
MISCELLANEOUS CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS
2005 Low Round: 65–Administaff Small Business Classic/3
Career Low Round: 62–2001 The Transamerica/2
Career Largest Paycheck: $165,000–1999 Southwestern Bell
Dominion/1
MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS
Career Low Round: 63–2 times, most recent 1985 USF&G
Classic/1
Career Largest Paycheck: $180,000–1989 Federal Express St.
Jude Classic/1
SEE SECTION 6 FOR COMPLETE PGA TOUR SUMMARY
CHAMPIONS TOUR MAJOR TOURNAMENT SUMMARY
Year 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05
Senior PGA Championship T18 T8 CUT CUT CUT CUT
Ford Senior Players T22 T30 T51 T33 T56
U.S. Senior Open 12 T29 T37 T7 T53 WD CUT CUT
JELD-WEN Tradition T28 T25 T73 T9 T64 72
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