Michael Block has taken over {the golfing} world.
He first got here on the scene late Thursday afternoon, when ESPN interviewed Block as he strutted up the 14th fairway.
He continued to play brilliantly all weekend, firing three rounds of 70—even par at Oak Hill—after which shot a 71 on Sunday, which included the second of the 12 months. Block aced a gap in a single on the fly.
Then, Sunday evening, the PGA Tour invited Block to compete at subsequent week’s Charles Schwab Problem on a sponsor’s exemption at Colonial Nation Membership in Fort Price, Texas.
The cellphone name he acquired will soften your coronary heart:
Whereas Michael Block’s 2023 #PGAChamp chapter has come to an finish, his story is simply getting began.
He’ll be at Colonial Nation Membership subsequent week for the Charles Schwab Problem. pic.twitter.com/vfdkTjmb2v
— PGA Championship (@PGAChampionship) Might 21, 2023
The PGA membership professional may be taking a look at a large change in life-style. Offering golf classes for $150 per hour may very well be a factor of the previous.
Block heads to the Lone Star State using excessive, as he completed tied for fifteenth on the PGA Championship.
One technique to acquire entry into subsequent 12 months’s PGA Championship, which can happen at Valhalla in Louisville, Kentucky, is to complete within the prime 15 of the 2023 PGA Championship.
Block did simply that, as his spectacular up-and-down on the 72nd gap assured the membership skilled a spot at one other main in 2024.
However he’ll play a PGA Tour occasion this week earlier than Block tees it up in Louisville subsequent 12 months.
He additionally must make plans to go to Toronto in June.
On prime of his PGA Tour look at Colonial, Block additionally acquired a particular exemption into the RBC Canadian Open, which takes place in June proper earlier than the U.S. Open at Los Angeles Nation Membership.
Michael Block, we heard the hole-in-one roar from throughout Lake Ontario.
Please be a part of us in on the RBC Canadian Open, June 6-11 at Oakdale Golf & Nation Membership in Toronto. pic.twitter.com/7tGH3yWddj
— RBC Canadian Open (@RBCCanadianOpen) Might 22, 2023
Block has the sport to compete, as he confirmed at Oak Hill.
He’ll make his twenty sixth PGA Tour look at Colonial. It would additionally mark his third PGA match this season. Block missed the minimize on the American Categorical and the Farmer’s Insurance coverage Open in Southern California.
However no one is speaking about these missed cuts in January.
As an alternative, his candid demeanor and his uncooked emotion in Western New York have turned each golf fan right into a Michael Block fan.
