ABOUT JOHN MAHAFFEY
American golfer who won 10 PGA Tour events including the PGA Championship in 1978.
He grew up learning the game from the greats like Byron Nelson and Lee Trevino .
He was a few strokes away from winning two consecutive U.S. Opens, but narrowly lost both.
He fathered two children with his wife, Elizabeth.
He and Bruce Lietzke appeared as anonymous PGA Pros in the 1996 golf movie Tin Cup.
