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.
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.
Between the Masters victory, three other PGA Tour victories in 2023 and a host of other high finishes, Jon Rahm has made the sport look easy this season. Surely, the Spaniard would tame Oak Hill, too, entering the week as the tournament favorite.
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.
Phil Mickelson made a messy double bogey on Oak Hill’s sixth hole during Friday’s second round of the 2023 PGA Championship. If it weren’t for a PGA rules official, however, it would have been even worse.
Viktor Hovland shot a 2-under-par 68 on a thorny Thursday at the PGA Championship, settling nicely into the top five, but it was his clothes that perhaps made the loudest statement.
A look at the betting odds, recent form and other key facts about the seven Australians, and big international names, that are in the field at this week’s PGA Championship tonight (AEST) at Oak Hill CC in Rochester, New York.
There’s an odd dynamic currently in place for the upcoming Ryder Cup, as most LIV Golf members with European ties have been disqualified from the player pool but American LIVers have maintained their eligibility.
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