Emblazoned on Michael Block’s golf balls are the words “Why not?” The 46-year-old PGA Head Professional who teaches golf lessons at a public-access club in California has lived by that question at Oak Hill.
As the golfer in the mustard hoodie left the 18th green, camera crews and fans jostled for position. He posed for selfies and signed autographs before making his way to the Oak Hill clubhouse to card a second round score that left him just four shots off the lead at the PGA Championship. It’s the sort of commotion – and score – that typically follows the game’s biggest stars, multiple major winning names like Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth, and Justin Thomas.
A subsequent bogey and double bogey dropped him back, but Block steadied the ship immediately, easing home with a run of four straight pars. It keeps him on track to beat the tied-11th record for the best ever finish by a PGA Professional at the major. Not since Steve Schneiter in 2005 has a PGA pro finished inside the top-40. Yet if he makes history with a scorecard showing over-par, Block may have some grievances.
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