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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
Michael Block has snuck into his office and he reminds himself to shut the door. This is his home, a room tucked away in the ranch-style clubhouse surrounded by the rolling foothills of Southern California. But Block prefers an open entryway so he can keep an eye on the assistants running Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club’s Read more…
Michael Block holes out for eagle, high fives walking scorer, remains one of golf’s greatest showmen
Death, taxes, and Michael Block holeing out from Downtown, USA. First it was his epic ace at the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill. Then, this past Fall, he bagged another hole-in-one during a 100-hole hike at Pebble Beach, albeit on a par-3 course (video proof!). Two months prior to that, he claimed he made Read more…
Michael Block shows golfers how to hit his famous PGA flop shot, promptly holes first attempt
With so much attention on Nelly Korda and Scottie Scheffler of late, we haven’t heard much about 2023 PGA Championship star/hero/legend Michael Block. But that’s about to start changing, folks. Because it’s almost #BlockieSzn again. The PGA Championship is heading to Valhalla next month—where Block has a piece of the course record by the way—and Read more…
Michael Block winning this year-end award was the biggest lock in sports
We can safely say there will be no controversy with this year-end golf award announcement. Michael Block has been named the PGA Professional Player of the Year Award winner for 2023 following a storybook season. The 47-year-old club pro burst onto the national scene in May with a T-15 at the PGA Championship, which included Read more…
Michael Block hits ANOTHER ace during 100 Hole Hike at The Hay, clearly inked a deal with the devil
While hiking 100 holes at The Hay course to raise money for underprivileged children who want to take up golf, Block did the unthinkable.
Jack Nicklaus makes winning putt at celebrity golf event using Michael Block’s putter, because of course
Seriously, pinch yourself, Michael. This is getting out of control. And here’s video of Nicklaus making the winning putt.
Michael Block sensibly explains why he’s not cut out for the PGA Tour, internet pounces
The natural inclination for social media with anything Michael Block-related is to hate, hate, hate first and ask zero questions later. It’s partly because he simply won’t go away, and partly because those of us in the media won’t let him go away, either. That was just a veiled way of saying that Blockie gets Read more…
Michael Block to hike 100 holes in one day at Pebble Beach for incredible reason
Ever since the PGA Championship, the world can’t get enough of Michael Block. The man has become golf’s version of Forrest Gump ever since his T-15 finish at Oak Hill. He popped up at a DJ Khaled event, won tournaments left and right and even received offers of employment from some … unsavory places. Blockie has decided Read more…
Michael Block just keeps winning, clinches one more PGA Tour exemption
It’s getting kind of absurd at this point, but Michael Block has grabbed yet another trophy. It’s his second “major” win of the season (Southern California PGA section division) and it comes with another opportunity to show Rory McIlroy and his fellow PGA Tour pros who can hit it farther off the tee. This go-around, Read more…
Michael Block can’t stop dominating 2023, earns spot in another PGA Tour event
Get ready to see even more of Michael Block on the PGA Tour in 2024. The Block party rolled on this week with America’s favorite club pro capturing the 2023 Southern California Professional Championship at Sherwood Country Club. And he did it in dramatic fashion. Of course. Block fired a final-round 66 at Sherwood Country Read more…
Michael Block makes his ninth (!!) albatross and the internet is as mad as ever
The Michael Block haters, of which there are many, are not going to like this one. Block, who earned his 15 minutes of fame with a T-15 finish at the PGA Championship back in May, has extended that 15 minutes to nearly five months. He’s done so in a variety of manners, cashing in on Read more…
This amazing Rory McIlroy story about Michael Block makes that clutch PGA par save even more legendary
The legend of “Blockie” continues to grow.
The Year of Michael Block continues with this famed course record on PGA Championship scouting trip
The California club pro made a scouting trip to next year’s PGA venue—and he left with a share of a long-held course record.
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.
Exhausted and heading home, Michael Block says the ‘golf gods’ finally caught up to him
Last week, California club pro Michael Block had a flight booked for 10 a.m. on Saturday from western New York back to Orange County, where he lives. “So that gives you [an indication of] how much confidence I had in making the cut at the PGA Championship,” Block said.
The lucrative money angle behind Michael Block’s invitation to play the Charles Schwab Challenge
The ‘juice’ Block is bringing to Colonial this week is an ideal way to spend a sponsor’s invite.
Michael Block’s insane cash offer for the 7-iron he used for a hole-in-one at the PGA
Michael Block has an interesting offer should he want to cash in on his sudden fame. But it comes with a catch.
Michael Block’s PGA performance leads to an offer from… an adult content website?
PGA Championship hero Michael Block is still coasting off of an unheralded run for the ages, and it’s certainly well-deserved.
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.
