Unless you’ve been mummified and locked in a sarcophagus for the past few weeks then you’re probably aware of Michael Block.
He was the unheralded club professional from California who finished in a share of 15th at the recent PGA Championship and whipped the golf media into such a giddy state, it was as if the entire industry had just gulped down half a bottle of prosecco on an empty stomach.
For club pros around the world, Block’s Oak Hill tale was an uplifting, inspiring story as one of their own went toe-to-toe with the game’s global superstars while generating the kind of drooling, blanket coverage usually reserved for the birth of a Royal baby.
