{"id":66629,"date":"2025-05-01T20:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T20:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/66629\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T20:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T20:54:11","slug":"legendary-golf-coach-who-charges-93-a-lesson-is-set-to-go-head-to-head-with-masters-champion-rory-mcilroy-after-qualifying-for-pga-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/66629\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary golf coach, who charges \u00a393 a lesson, is set to go head-to-head with Masters champion Rory McIlroy after qualifying for PGA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Michael Block has qualified for next month&#8217;s PGA Championships at\u00a0Quail Hollow<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>The club professional enjoyed a stunning run at the tournament back in 2023<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Block played with McIlroy in the final round and had a memorable hole-in-one\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-408\/michael-pavitt.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MICHAEL PAVITT<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  11:00 EDT, 1 May 2025   |  Updated:  11:00 EDT, 1 May 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Michael Block could be reunited with Masters champion <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rory_mcilroy\/index.html\" id=\"mol-b7849b00-269c-11f0-9dda-f33116580093\" rel=\"noopener\">Rory McIlroy<\/a> after the famed golf coach qualified for next month&#8217;s PGA Championships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Block, 48, qualified the major at\u00a0Quail Hollow after finishing in a\u00a0tie for third at the PGA Professional Championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The top 20 finishers secured entry into the tournament, which will take place from May 15 to 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Block&#8217;s appearance will rekindle memories of his famous run at the 2023 PGA Championships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As the head professional at the Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club,\u00a0who charged around $125 (\u00a393) for lesson, Block enjoyed a memorable weekend at Oak Hill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Block had never made a cut at a major event during his career but found himself challenging at the top of the leaderboard, tying for eighth heading into the final day.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-eb82e5b7b363237c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/97917659-14668551-image-a-22_1746111091615.jpg\" height=\"454\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Michael Block, right, could reunite with Rory McIlroy after qualifying for the\u00a0PGA Championship\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Michael Block, right, could reunite with Rory McIlroy after qualifying for the\u00a0PGA Championship<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-9610a1a2e6cf1bdb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/97917707-14668551-image-a-25_1746111182683.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Block enjoyed a dream run at the 2023 tournament and achieved a memorable hole-in-one\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Block enjoyed a dream run at the 2023 tournament and achieved a memorable hole-in-one<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5e662c68a34b5402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/97920369-14668551-image-a-27_1746111458342.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Block will look to rekindle his magical 2023 run when he returns to the tournament\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Block will look to rekindle his magical 2023 run when he returns to the tournament<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2e9f4799d43c2cad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/97920107-14668551-image-a-26_1746111216317.jpg\" height=\"442\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The club pro has qualified again after tying for third at the\u00a0PGA Professional Championship\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The club pro has qualified again after tying for third at the\u00a0PGA Professional Championship<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Block gave a memorable reaction when he was informed he was paired with McIlroy for the final round, responding &#8216;You serious?&#8217;, before adding &#8216;Wow. That should be fun, we&#8217;re going to have a good time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His stunning week continued when he hit slam-dunk hole-in-one during the final round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Reacting to the shot, he turned to McIlroy and immediately asked, &#8216;Rory, did it go in?&#8217; before getting a hug from the star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Block eventually ended one-over-par to seal a 15th-placed finish, earning at the 2024 PGA Championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The top 15 finish also earned him an incredible \u00a3245,000 in prize money, vastly exceeding his previously biggest prize from a tournament of\u00a0\u00a356,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Block was unable to repeat his heroics last year, after failing to make the cut on his return to the PGA Championships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He has made just one PGA Tour start since last year\u2019s PGA Championship, missing the cut at the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Having qualified for a major for the seventh time in his career, Block will be hoping to repeat his dream run later this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A possible reunion with McIlroy could be possible, with the newly crowned Masters champion hoping to secure back-to-back majors this year.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"linkButtonRowItem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/pga_championship\/index.html?ico=article_topics_module\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PGA Championship<\/a><a class=\"linkButtonRowItem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rory_mcilroy\/index.html?ico=article_topics_module\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rory McIlroy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Legendary golf coach, who charges \u00a393 a lesson, is set to go head-to-head with Masters champion Rory McIlroy after qualifying for PGA Championship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Block has qualified for next month&#8217;s PGA Championships at\u00a0Quail Hollow The club professional enjoyed a stunning run&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[92,2826,16021,4287,93,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-66629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-pga-championship","11":"tag-rory-mcilroy","12":"tag-sport","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114434570034637707","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}