MAJOR favourite Michael Block says he's gone from the kid saving 100 quid for a pair of Michael Jordan's shoes to getting messages off the man himself.
And the club pro admits if he let the events of the last week hit him, then he'd struggle to tee it up today at Colonial.
Brooks Koepka got his hands on the Wanamaker Trophy in Sunday's US PGA finale but Block was the man everyone at Oak Hill was rooting for.
A hole in one during his final round, while playing with Rory McIlroy, capped a sublime week as a share of 15th secured his place in next year's US PGA at Valhalla. Invites for the PGA Tour's Charles Schwab Challenge, which starts today, and next month's Canadian Open followed.
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