Michael Block gave golf—a sport with a few problems right now—its best advertisement imaginable.
The organizations that run the highest levels of professional golf want you to think you’re just like the guys you see on TV. Players and the equipment manufacturers who pay them to use their products harp on about how cool it is that you, the weekend hacker with an 18 handicap, can use the same ball they do, swing the same clubs they do, and even play the same courses they do. Golf is“the heart of the game is the amateur, not the professional,” he isn’t.
But the likening of the common golfer to the best in the world is also a clever bit of marketing copy with little resemblance to reality. The big stars might as well play on a different planet. If you swung their clubs, it would be like trying to hit a ball with a knife. They do things in their sleep that even a pretty good amateur player does once or twice in a lifetime.The PGA Championship exists as a counterweight to the cynical view.
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