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Podcast: Next on the Tee: Where Golf Legends Live & Your Game Gets Better
Episode: John Mahaffer, 1978 PGA Champion, 1986 Players Champion, & Wonderful Broadcaster, Talks Winning a National Championship & the PGA Championship, Ryder Cup, & Much Much More...
Description: John Mahaffey shares stories from his college days at the University of Houston. John won the individual National Championship in 1970 and helped the Cougars to back-to-back team titles in 1969 & '70. We hear about his relationship with Ben Hogan and how he became known as "Hogan's Boy". We also hear about his victory a the 1978 PGA Championship, backing up that win the very next week at Pleasant Valley Country Club, being a member of the 1979 Ryder Cup team, and his transition to broadcasting the game.