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PGA Championship 2024: Michael Block on his ‘Year of Blockie’ and what happens when your 15 minutes of fame are up
The Block Party’s one-year anniversary has allowed Block to look through the window of the past.
PGA Championship star Michael Block headed to… Australia?
Michael Block, professional golf’s feel-good story of the year, could be headed Down Under later in 2023 to tee up in the Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane.
PGA Championship 2023: How Michael Block went from club pro to cult hero at Oak Hill
Other than Brooks Koepka, Michael Block was the biggest thing going at this PGA Championship. And in some ways, you could argue that he was the biggest. After all, no one else heard his name echoing throughout the grounds of Oak Hill.
WATCH: Club pro Michael Block makes hole-in-one playing with Rory McIlroy, crowd goes nuts
Club pro and feel-good story of the 2023 PGA Championship Michael Block makes hole-in-one on the par-3 15th at Oak Hill Country Club while playing with Rory McIlroy.
PGA Championship 2023: Masters, money, history on the line for club pro Michael Block
For what it’s worth, Block isn’t trying to get ahead of himself, trying to block out the noise and stay in the moment to appreciate it for what it is. He’s already achieved something he doubted, which is if he had the game to compete with the best, and through 54 holes, he has.
Australian Open 2023: The ‘Block Party’ hits Sydney
The 47-year-old Californian pro is at the ISPS Handa Australian Open in Sydney this week as an invited guest of Golf Australia and the PGA Tour of Australasia after he made similar appearances across Europe and in the Middle East.
Open Championship 2023: The goal driving Kiwi Michael Hendry’s cancer battle
The 43-year-old New Zealander was one of 13 Australasian players to earn a place in golf’s most feted major championship, yet in a heartbreaking Instagram post on May 15, he announced publicly for the first time that he had withdrawn after being diagnosed with leukaemia.
PGA Championship: Confident club pro has the feel-good story you need to read
Years from now, Michael Block can spin a yarn about his week at the 105th PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club, and it’s going to sound like a fairy tale or a tall tale—and probably a little bit of both—but it won’t need any embellishment.
2024 PGA Championship Preview: Is 20 Plenty?
Are 20 club pros in the PGA Championship field too many? Australians have benefitted from the much-maligned exemption category through the years, but does it really dilute golf’s only all-pro major?
Open Championship qualifying: Leishman among Aussies, Garcia seeks to lock up 25th consecutive start
Seeking to play in his 25th consecutive Open Championship, Sergio Garcia will lead a group of LIV golfers including Marc Leishman who hope to secure last-minute entry into the field at Royal Liverpool via 36-hole qualifying next week.
Aussies at the PGA: Min Woo, Ryan Fox earn PGA Tour cards as Cam Smith bags career milestone
Min Woo Lee and Ryan Fox are your newest members of the PGA Tour in what was was a productive PGA Championship for the Down Under contingent.
PGA Championship 2023: The Rory-coaster was in full effect on a wild third day
The Irishman has a slight chance to win on Sunday, but there’s also the feeling – so common in recent years – that there’s a tangible gravitational pull tugging him downward when he gets too close to the top spot at these majors.
PGA Championship 2023: Here’s the full field competing at Oak Hill
Ninety-nine of the top 100 players in the Official World Golf Ranking are listed in the field, with Will Zalatoris the only one missing as he is not competing due to recent back surgery.
PGA Championship 2022: Starting times and pairings for the first and second rounds
Arguably the most notable name is the one missing from the list, the PGA of America announcing last Friday that defending champion Phil Mickelson had withdrawn from the championship as he continues his sabbatical from golf.
PGA Championship 2022: Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson officially in field at Southern Hills
Although 156 players will tee it up in Tulsa, most eyes gravitated towards two names.
Big PGA Championship hint for Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson
When the PGA of America unveiled the preliminary field list for the 104th PGA Championship on Monday, two names stood out for obvious reasons: Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.
Was Tiger Woods’ mysterious bounce at the 2000 PGA Championship caused by fan interference? Investigating one of golf’s greatest conspiracy theories
One of golf’s spiciest urban legends is that Tiger Woods’ 2000 PGA Championship win over Bob May was saved by a spectator kicking his errant drive at the final playoff hole out of fescue.
Min Woo Lee signs up for Australian PGA title defence
One of the emerging stars in world golf whose style of play and charisma on and off the course has attracted a vast global fan base, Lee will have his sights on being the first player to defend the Joe Kirkwood Cup since Cam Smith in 2018.
Aussie wrap: Cam Smith loses LIV playoff while Aussies stumble at PGA Tour’s Arnold Palmer Invitational
Australia’s two Cams led the way on the PGA Tour and LIV Golf in a mixed bag for the Down Under gang. Cam Davis led the way during a disappointing campaign for the Australians at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill while Cam Smith lost in a playoff at LIV Golf Hong Kong.
Australian PGA 2023: Min Woo Lee to face a familiar foe in Sunday showdown
Min Woo Lee will renew a junior rivalry more than a decade old in his quest to win a maiden Fortinet Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland Golf Club on Sunday.
Australian PGA 2023: Next wave forming well at Royal Queensland
Three young Aussies gave a glimpse into ‘Generation Next’ during the opening round at Royal Queensland Golf Club.
