How did Peter Malnati get to be a Player Director?

[King_Slender]

I follow golf as close as anyone I know and had no idea who Peter Malnati was until they announced the new leadership structure.  For some reason I had thought he was a long-since retired pro (maybe I was thinking of Peter Senior).  

 

I had to go to his Wiki to find out he's just the lowest of low level journeymen - one win 8 years ago, has only played in 3 majors and never made the cut.  

 

I was a bit taken aback by his comments that "“At its core, like, players have no business running the PGA Tour" which I get from a day-to-day perspective in finding tournament partners, etc, but unlike a sports franchise where there is an owner and players, there is no "owner" of the PGA Tour.  You'd think a player would want players to have as much stake in the game as possible. 

 

 

 

How does a guy with this thin of a resume rise to being essentially one of the 6-10 most important people influencing the future direction of the Tour?

Edited March 19 by pga43
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[caniac6]

He’s either very smart, or nobody else wanted the job.

[King_Slender]

56 minutes ago, caniac6 said:

He’s either very smart, or nobody else wanted the job.

 

I'm leaning toward the latter.

[Hawkeye77]

His comments are fine if taken in context.  He's on the board, with oversight, but board members don't "run" the Tour operationally - that's why they have Jay and other managerial staff and so on and so on.  That's exactly what he is talking about.

 

His comments also don't justify the clickbait intro from the reporter.

 

Who'd want to be on that Board right now?  I'm sure it has been, is and will be eating up loads of time that most players don't want to deal with.  I'm sure they'll have fun today, lol. No doubt he volunteered or someone felt he had something to add and asked him and he said yes.  Good for him for stepping up either way.

Edited March 18 by Hawkeye77

[bcjim]

The rank and file pga tour members need representation too.

[Creedo77]

He’s a well respected guy out on tour who was most likely voted into the position by his peers 

[woahnelly]

His wife makes the beat brownie brittle 

[North Texas]

On 3/18/2024 at 8:05 AM, caniac6 said:

He’s either very smart, or nobody else wanted the job.

 

Or maybe he's the next Joe Olgivie. 

 

I mean, Malnati's playing resume isn't any thinner than Olgivie's and Olgivie might be sitting in a higher seat at the table than Malnati is. 

 

 

Edited March 19 by pga43

[idrive]

You're asking a question NO ONE can possibly know the answer to.

 

The click bait titles these reporter use are just exactly that, for know other reason than their context is irrelevant.

 

EDIT: Fixed it

Edited March 18 by idrive

[North Texas]

2 minutes ago, idrive said:

You're asking a question NO ONE can possibly know the answer to.

 

The click bait tittles these reporter use are just exactly that, for know other reason than their context is irrelevant.

 

Am I the only one who did a double-take when they read the word "tittles" 😊

[idrive]

7 minutes ago, North Texas said:

 

Am I the only one who did a double-take when they read the word "tittles" 😊

 

Just another example of posting before the coffee is ready. 😂

 

EDIT: - That and not wearing my readers.

 

 

 

Edited March 18 by idrive

[kmay__]

Maybe the perfect candidate for the job is a player who hasn't been affected as much by success and celebrity, as some of the players with "thicker" resumes may be. Maybe a guy who does not have 10s of millions in the bank is the right guy to make the decisions affecting all players, and not just decisions that cater to the already very rich and successful players. 

[King_Slender]

35 minutes ago, idrive said:

You're asking a question NO ONE can possibly know the answer to.

 

The click bait titles these reporter use are just exactly that, for know other reason than their context is irrelevant.

 

EDIT: Fixed it

 

I asked because I had no idea what the connections might be - maybe there are not.  Like if I say Notah Begay on the board, I'd go "Oh, that's Tiger's boy."  Wasn't sure if he had any past connection with Jay or anyone else pulling the strings. 

[Hawkeye77]

7 minutes ago, King_Slender said:

 

I asked because I had no idea what the connections might be - maybe there are not.  Like if I say Notah Begay on the board, I'd go "Oh, that's Tiger's boy."  Wasn't sure if he had any past connection with Jay or anyone else pulling the strings. 

 

LOL, "please give me anything so I can jump to conclusions"

 

 

[King_Slender]

1 minute ago, Hawkeye77 said:

 

LOL, "please give me anything so I can jump to conclusions"

 

 

 

Or, just asking questions about people who are in the decision loop.

 

Are you that uncurious about things in life? 

[vman]

Golf playing resumes have not been officially linked to making you smart…….studies are pending.

[bscinstnct]

2 hours ago, King_Slender said:

I follow golf as close as anyone I know and had no idea who Peter Malnati was until they announced the new leadership structure.  For some reason I had thought he was a long-since retired pro (maybe I was thinking of Peter Senior).  

 

I had to go to his Wiki to find out he's just the lowest of low level journeymen - one win 8 years ago, has only played in 3 majors and never made the cut.  

 

I was a bit taken aback by his comments that "“At its core, like, players have no business running the PGA Tour" which I get from a day-to-day perspective in finding tournament partners, etc, but unlike a sports franchise where there is an owner and players, there is no "owner" of the PGA Tour.  You'd think a player would want players to have as much stake in the game as possible. 

 

Recent comments by him: https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2024/03/16/pga-tour-player-director-peter-malnati-rant-liv-golf/

 

How does a guy with this thin of a resume rise to being essentially one of the 6-10 most important people influencing the future direction of the Tour?

 

His overall commentary is outstanding, obviously a smart guy who understands this whole thing at scale. 
 

Did you read his entire quote?

[North Texas]

1 hour ago, idrive said:

 

Just another example of posting before the coffee is ready. 😂

 

EDIT: - That and not wearing my readers.

 

 

 

 

Not wearing readers will get you almost every time. I know that from personal experience. 

[North Texas]

24 minutes ago, King_Slender said:

 

Or, just asking questions about people who are in the decision loop.

 

Are you that uncurious about things in life? 

 

Just goes to show you that not every one is curious or uncurious about the same things in life. 

 

Hell, I'm curious about what is going to happen at our club's annual meeting tonight. And I bet the rest of you deplorables couldn't care less 😉

[leftyb]

For those who know what they're looking at, here's some fun reading. Jay made over $18M in 2022!!!

 

PGA financials - 2022

[Jolter]

I believe he was selected as the token rank and file pro.

[MountainKing]

4 hours ago, King_Slender said:

I follow golf as close as anyone I know and had no idea who Peter Malnati was until they announced the new leadership structure.  For some reason I had thought he was a long-since retired pro (maybe I was thinking of Peter Senior).  

 

I had to go to his Wiki to find out he's just the lowest of low level journeymen - one win 8 years ago, has only played in 3 majors and never made the cut.  

 

I was a bit taken aback by his comments that "“At its core, like, players have no business running the PGA Tour" which I get from a day-to-day perspective in finding tournament partners, etc, but unlike a sports franchise where there is an owner and players, there is no "owner" of the PGA Tour.  You'd think a player would want players to have as much stake in the game as possible. 

 

Recent comments by him: https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2024/03/16/pga-tour-player-director-peter-malnati-rant-liv-golf/

 

How does a guy with this thin of a resume rise to being essentially one of the 6-10 most important people influencing the future direction of the Tour?

 

He's spot on - like a lot of companies where there's no owner, you have a board of directors who puts together a leadership team to run the show.  I believe that's sort of the role of a players director, find the right guys to run it.

[Hawkeye77]

1 hour ago, King_Slender said:

 

Or, just asking questions about people who are in the decision loop.

 

Are you that uncurious about things in life? 

Asserting something Notah Begay is involved in, even hypothetically, because of your view he’s “Tiger’s boy” isn’t merely asking questions and being curious.  
 

Whatever makes me curious in my life has no relationship at all to any Tour board gossip. 

Edited March 18 by Hawkeye77

[DoughBack18]

I’m pretty sure i’ve heard it mentioned that the tour tries to have players from a range of levels on tour (top tier to journeyman) involved so that they are getting input from a wider range of perspectives. Scheffler is going to have a different day to day than Malnati and I believe they at least try to weigh all of them equally.

[King_Slender]

14 minutes ago, MountainKing said:

 

He's spot on - like a lot of companies where there's no owner, you have a board of directors who puts together a leadership team to run the show.  I believe that's sort of the role of a players director, find the right guys to run it.

 

I think it's a bit different in that, on the PGA Tour, the players are the product.  In every other sport where the players are the product and there is ownership, the players play on contracts and are compensated regardless of outcome.  I don't think we question the effort of players in the NFL or MLB with contracts, yet to do it in golf seems like a bridge to far for many.  

 

I agree that the players should not be worrying about who is sponsoring each tournament, etc. 

[King_Slender]

3 minutes ago, DoughBack18 said:

I’m pretty sure i’ve heard it mentioned that the tour tries to have players from a range of levels on tour (top tier to journeyman) involved so that they are getting input from a wider range of perspectives. Scheffler is going to have a different day to day than Malnati and I believe they at least try to weigh all of them equally.

 

Makes sense.  Has to be awkward being #200 in the OWGR trying to make a case for guys at that level.

[Titleist99]

1 hour ago, leftyb said:

For those who know what they're looking at, here's some fun reading. Jay made over $18M in 2022!!!

 

PGA financials - 2022

Well, he is out there procuring Billions for the Membership. 🙂

[MountainKing]

39 minutes ago, King_Slender said:

 

I think it's a bit different in that, on the PGA Tour, the players are the product.  In every other sport where the players are the product and there is ownership, the players play on contracts and are compensated regardless of outcome.  I don't think we question the effort of players in the NFL or MLB with contracts, yet to do it in golf seems like a bridge to far for many.  

 

I agree that the players should not be worrying about who is sponsoring each tournament, etc. 

 

Not sure I get what you're saying.   I feel like any athlete with a big contract has their effort and success questioned since those leagues often pay on past performance.  

[dcmidnight]

2 hours ago, leftyb said:

For those who know what they're looking at, here's some fun reading. Jay made over $18M in 2022!!!

 

PGA financials - 2022

 

I'm no Jay fanboy but the PGAT has billions in assets and pulls in billions in revenues annually - $18M seems like a bargain if you compare other CEO salaries of billion dollar companies.

[Dutch1008]

1 hour ago, King_Slender said:

Makes sense.  Has to be awkward being #200 in the OWGR trying to make a case for guys at that level.

 

It's not awkward. That is very specifically the role he was elected to play.

 

If a guy like Phil or Greg was calling the shots, the PGAT would have been whittled down to the top 25-50 players in the world decades ago. If you let Peter Malnati or James Hahn call the shots, every event would have 150+ players and every event would have the same purse. The guys at the top of the food chain want more of the money for themselves, the dudes at the bottom want more rolls in the craps game. 

 

Having a cross section of players hopefully finds some balance. Worked pretty well until the PIF got involved.