PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Saying that “something needs to happen for our sport’’ and that the PGA Tour’s top event, the Players Championship, “would be even better if we had Jon Rahm here,’’ Peter Malnati expressed Saturday that he welcomes bringing the game back together even if he is unsure how that gets accomplished.
Malnati, 36, one of six player representatives on the PGA Tour Policy Board, nearly aced the island green 17th hole and shot 66 at TPC Sawgrass during the third round but the majority of questions he got afterward concerned his off-the-course role and a report of a meeting to be held between player directors and the head of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Yasir Al-Rumayyan.
The PGA Tour veteran said he was unaware of a meeting that Golfweek reported on Friday where board members were being “strongly encouraged’’ to attend, apparently on Monday, somewhere in the area.
