Just outside the backdoor of a house on Winged Foot Circle is a covered patio that overlooks a swimming pool.
That’s the place Peter Malnati thinks of when he calls Jackson his second hometown.
The house belongs to Durr and Robin Boyles and is located in The Country Club of Jackson community.
The house is where Malnati first stayed in 2015, when he won the Sanderson Farms Championship to earn his first PGA Tour victory .
The house is where he’s stayed during the tournament every year since.
“I feel like I was literally adopted by Jackson, Mississippi, before I won because a family that lives here on the golf course, they let me stay with them that first year,” said the 37-year-old Malnati, who lives in Knoxville, Tennessee. “They feel like family now. It’s really cool to see.”
Malnati shot a 5-under-par 67 on the final day to top William McGirt and David Toms for the Sanderson Farms title that year. He earned himself a PGA Tour exemption through 2018 as a result.