John Mahaffey, 10x PGA Tour Winner and Author

John is a retired professional golfer with plenty of PGA Tour experience under his belt. He also worked for the Golf Channel and is the author of a new book called Shafted.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Lessons learned as a young golfer on the PGA Tour
• John's incredible comeback win in the 1978 PGA Championship
• Why John found success at the highest levels
• Transitioning away from professional competition
• John's book

We ended our time together with a 5 question lightning round. John shares the most underrated golfer from his era along with his favorite golfer from the current era.

This episode is presented by Chasing Aces.

Chapters

• 2:30 Jumping into Professional Golf
• 3:30 Golfing with Ben Hogan
• 12:09 Lessons Learned as a Young PGA Tour Player
• 14:51 The 1973 Sahara Invitational
• 19:26 Sponsor: Chasing Aces
• 20:45 John's Incredible 1978 PGA Championship
• 22:34 Reasons for John's Success
• 23:50 Walking Away from Professional Golf
• 27:00 How John Got Into Writing
• 35:05 Lightning Round
• 37:05 A Fishing Story