Peter Malnati broke through for his 2nd PGA Tour victory at the Valspar Championship in Tampa, and he spoke to the importance of such events to their communities as well as golfers who aren’t focused solely on major championships or large purse events.
I well I’ll say something in here I didn’t say out there because I think it’s important and relevant um I when my first when my son Hatcher was born in um 2019 I removed all my social media from my phone so I don’t do social media anymore and I’m a happier
Person because of it um not that it’s bad social media is not bad but for me I didn’t use it particularly well because I would always read comments um and and I I wanted to use it as a way to be interactive um but it just it wasn’t
Healthy for me um so I removed it all so I don’t know specifically what is being said um you know about me about the PGA Tour about uh our sport in general but I know the direction that it has been going for the last last couple years and
When I was outside I was I was compelled to say this um I feel like this win this win is you know first and foremost it is it’s for me it’s for my family um it’s for my caddy it’s for my team of people who support me um but on
A larger scale it’s also it’s for Tampa it’s for the Copperheads it’s for valpar and it’s for all the events on the PJ tour who find themselves in this new ecosystem kind of wondering where they fit and if they matter um because I wanted I said this out there because I wanted the
Copperheads and the people of Tampa and the people from bpar to know that there are thousands of Peter madis out there who are 10 years old right now teenagers right now who dream of playing golf on the PGA tour and they want to have the moment
That I just got to have and if we don’t have you know communities that believe in what the PGA Tour does and sponsors who support what the PGA Tour does we don’t have those moments um and you know I know that the narrative turns a lot to
You know we’re coming up to Augusta you know we’re preparing for the majors we’re in that season and there in terms of the actual people who participate in golf at the highest level 90% of us dream of the moment that I just had there’s a 10% that really do probably
Gear their schedules and focus on the majors but 90 % of the people who have you know made it to the top level professional golf and 100% of the people who dream of being at the top level of professional golf live for that moment that I just had and it’s amazing I’m
Proud of myself I did a lot of hard work I’m proud of my family they supported me but it doesn’t matter all that hard work and everything we don’t have tournaments to play if we don’t have communities that think these tournaments matter and if we don’t have host organizations like
The Copperheads and you know several other amazing host organizations around the country um we don’t have a PGA Tour and so I just this win is for for all the host organizations all the title sponsors all the communities that kind of Wonder you know what the meaning of their event is
Like it’s it’s to have entertainment come to your community fulfill dreams for people like me give the community something to be excited about in a way that gives back and enriches the community where we play and I think this tournament is a shining example of that um and I’m just really
I’m I couldn’t be more proud and more honored to win to win here to win an event like this and you know this stands out it’s special it’s amazing but I just want you know all the events out there like I just want him to know that
Like all every PJ Tour event every corn fairy Tour event every event on PGA Tour Americas matters because it matters to the community where you play and we’re going to make a difference um and so anyway I just that that was something I felt like I needed to say out there and
Uh I’m glad I’m glad I was able to
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They’re surely not as exciting.