It’s a big week for America. The Fourth of July is on the way and this year it serves as America’s 250th birthday bash. The stars and stripes also have a YUGE home-soil knockout match against Bosnia-Herzegovina in the World Cup while the U.S. Senior Open tees off in a matter of hours. Despite all the ups and downs over the past several years, America might just be back and nobody is celebrating harder than Michael Block.
Michael Block's haircut this week at the U.S. Senior Open. pic.twitter.com/NIvJdoCV9v
— Brendan Porath (@BrendanPorath) July 1, 2026
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To mis-quote an iconic AC/DC hook, FOR THOSE ABOUT TO BLOCK, WE SALUTE YOUUUUU! According to the world’s most famous teaching pro, the haircut was very off the cuff, but he has no “regerts” about his decision at Scioto Country Club this week.
Some background on this July 4th Miracle:
"Monty the Barber, who is here onsite this week for all the players. In 2018 he was the barber at the U.S. Open at Shinnecock, and I'd had my haircut by him at that U.S. Open as well.
I just saw yesterday he had posted something,…
— Brendan Porath (@BrendanPorath) July 1, 2026
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“Monty the Barber, who is here onsite this week for all the players. In 2018 he was the barber at the U.S. Open at Shinnecock, and I’d had my haircut by him at that U.S. Open as well,” Block told The Fried Egg’s Brendan Porath.
“I just saw yesterday he had posted something, because we follow each other on Instagram, and he posted something and he was here. I said, you’ve got to be kidding me. Could my son and I come in at noon tomorrow before I go in for an interview? He’s like, let’s go. I was walking down 18 fairway here, and I was like, dude, I’ve got to get USA shaved in my head somehow. We’ve got the World Cup at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday is July 4th; I’m playing the U.S. Open. This is all meant to be. Now I’ve got a USA shaved on my head. Should be there for about a week.”
Love him or hate him (at this point you have to love him, right?), there’s no denying that this is classic Blockie. Whether he’s dunking more aces than God, starring in hilarious local commercials, contending in his first-ever PGA Tour Champions start or shaving “USA” into the back of his head for a major week, Block remains one of golf’s biggest spotlight magnets … and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
