Michael Block, a hole in one for PGA history

Michael Blockthe ordinary person of golf, facing this week the best players in the world in PGA Championshipmade the public crazy this Sunday at Oak Hill scored a hole-in-one on the 15th, and then with his round of 71 for 281, he finished 15th, a position that gives him automatic exemption for next year’s PGA. The public standing on the 18th cheered a Block who produced a great pair to confirm the invitation in 2024 and became the great star of the tournament. The day before, he covered his ears and shook his head so he didn’t want to hear how big his check would be if he finished in the top 10.

“I don’t want to listen,” Block, a club pro from Southern California, said Saturday in Mission Viejo.) He revealed the biggest check he’s ever earned in golf was $75,000, at the 2014 Professional Club National Championship in Myrtle Beach. , South Carolina. “I don’t hear about what I could win or anything like that. I’m more or less putting my head down,” he added after staying in contention with his third straight par 70 that got him tied for eighth at Oak Hill. .

This Sunday he forms a duo with Rory McIlroy, four-time champion of a ‘major’. “Oh really?” Block said upon learning of the pairing. “It’ll be fun. We’ll have a good time,” he continued before adding, “Really?” Try as he might, Block can’t contain all the buzz he’s generating around the golf course, on social media and on TV, where he sounds like a natural in a live interview with hosts Jim Nantz and Scott . Van Pelt of CBS , between hits and hits.

The block makes everything relatively easy on and off the field. This is the first where the cut passes. “I can accept”. Regardless of the outcome, Block has made it her mission to enjoy every moment. “I’m going to sit as much as possible with my friends and my family in the house we rent and watch the videos tonight and see all my new followers on Instagram. It’s been crazy,” concluded the hero and true that hero, cracks. on the side of this PGA.