Peter Malnati wins Valspar Championship

Knoxville’s Peter Malnati wins Valspar Championship on the PGA TOUR.

The Valspar Championship on the PGA TOUR took place Thursday-Sunday at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in Palm Harbor, Florida.

Knoxville resident Peter Malnati (-12) won the 2024 Valspar Championship by two strokes over Cameron Young (-10). The event was contested on the Copperhead Course.

Malnati resides in Knoxville and played collegiately at Missouri from 2007-10.

He joined the PGA TOUR in 2014 and has two career victories, including the 2015 Sanderson Farms Championship.

Malnati has recorded 13 top-10 finishes, five top five results and finished in second-place one time during his PGA TOUR career. He has participated in 259 career PGA TOUR events, while making the cut 126 times.

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