John Mahaffey - "I Just Hope Someday People Will Remember Me" SHORT TRACK

Intro Music 0:07

Straight down the middle. It went straight down the middle.

Mike Gonzalez 0:13

Then it started to So you mentioned this victory being life-changing for you. Uh probably much like we didn't really ask you about it, uh how your life changed after that first win on the PGA tour. But tell us a little bit about how your life changed as a result of winning this major.

John Mahaffey 0:31

Well, I think everybody uh Well even after winning the first tournament uh when I won in in Las Vegas, I remember playing in San Antonio a little bit later in the year and and uh with Tom Watson, we were we were uh waiting on an airplane. We were sitting in a bar in uh San Antonio and you know he's sitting there and he's almost crying. And he says, you know, and he's been close a lot of times. I mean he was known in early on and he threw a lot of tournaments away as a choker or whatever, you know, and uh so he's almost in tears. And uh, you know, and I'm gonna go, what the heck's going on, man? He says, Well, you won a tournament. You will never be forgotten in the game of golf. He says, I just hope someday people will remember me. That's Tom Watson. I think they do.

Intro Music 1:19

I think they do too. Oh, what a career.

Mike Gonzalez 1:23

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Intro Music 1:44

Whack down the fairway. It went smack down the fairway. Then it started to slice, just smidge off line. It headed for two, but it bounced off nine. My caddy says long as you're still in the state, you're okay. Yes, it went straight down the middle, quite away.