Peter Malnati's emotion today was obviously cool, but I think his words are also quite important. Here they are. "... To have this moment. It just feels so amazing. Obviously, my family believes in me. I have the best caddie. He's been loyal to me for a long time, through a lot of down times, too. I'm so thankful. I'm so thankful for my wife. She makes this all possible. "Life is hard. "It's obviously glamorous at times like this. This is my dream job, and it's absolutely amazing. But life is really, really hard, too. When you're trying to figure out how to live this lifestyle and have two kids and be everything you want to be, it's really hard. "My wife has been an absolute rock through all of it. She's amazing. ... my family is amazing. It just feels so good. “It feels so good." Everything for the last two years has been looked at through the lens of "what is the most economically advantageous situation no matter the cost?" instead of "where best (and how best) can I and others thrive as human beings?" Money doesn't solve most of our problems, no matter how badly we want that to not be true. It’s the human condition. Life *is* hard. Making even terrible Tour money makes it more comfortable but not much easier. Money doesn’t make our kids turn out OK or improve our relationships or make us content, though I kind of feel like the rhetoric of late has implied that it will. To capture a moment like this and realize how meaningul it is as a respite from the difficulty of life is incredible. So often over the last few years (for a variety of reasons) we have seen players speak shamefully about the choices they’ve made. This? This was pure pride. Pride in engaging the difficulty. Pride in doing your best. Pride in remembering that there are much more important things than success in golf (and the money that comes with it), even though it’s sometimes actually success in golf that helps remind us of that very truth.
@KylePorterCBS Well done Kyle 👊 glad you posted this 🍻
@KylePorterCBS @PeterMalnati trying to single-handedly save golf’s soul
@KylePorterCBS Surprised you didn’t throw in a backhanded LIV comment which has been par for the course with your LIV love affair.
@KylePorterCBS Sadly it’s become incredibly rare to come across something inspiring in the world of Pro golf (perhaps least of all on twitter frankly). Thanks for taking the time to post this Kyle. I didn’t know that I needed to read this, but it turns out that I did.
@KylePorterCBS Wow! Love this win! Gives me hope again for this sport that I love!
@KylePorterCBS I was emotional watching him speak. A very nice human being