The Block Party may finally be coming to an end.
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LOUISVILLE,Ky.—“ClosingTime”bySemisonicwasplayedonthespeakersastheBlockPartymayfinallybecomingtoanend.
PGAofAmericaclubprofessionalMichaelBlock,whomadeanameforhimselfwithanaceandT-15finishatlastyear’sPGAChampionship,hasbeenenjoying15minutesoffamethathavelastedayearnow.InhisreturntothePGAChampionshipthisweekatValhallaGolfClub,the47-year-oldgotofftoashakystart(tosaytheleast).
BlockbeganthefirstroundonThursdaywithabogeyonthepar-41stholeandthenmadeaneight-coursemealofthepar-42ndhole.He justmissedthefairwayofftheteeandthencameupshortandleftofthegreenwithhisapproach.Histhirdshotwentoverthegreen.Hisfourthshotwentintoabunker.Hisfifthshotalsowentoverthegreen.Hewasfinallyonthedancefloorwithhissixthshot,butmissedthe11-footerfortriplebogey.Blockthentappedintoputthecarrotonthesnowmanforaquadruplebogeyeight.
RespecttoMichaelBlockfromallofuswhofrequentlytakesixshotstogetdownfromjustnexttothegreen👊🏽pic.twitter.com/il7qRlerdJ
—JamieWeir(@ja