{"id":300601,"date":"2023-05-26T04:46:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T04:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=300601"},"modified":"2023-05-26T05:58:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T05:58:46","slug":"crushing-reality-check-for-hole-in-one-cult-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=300601","title":{"rendered":"Crushing reality check for hole-in-one cult hero"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just days after his PGA Championship<\/a> heroics that included a final round ace while playing with Rory McIlroy<\/a>, Michael Block came crashing back to earth.<\/p>\n

Playing at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas on a sponsor exemption just four days after finishing in a tie for 15th at Oak Hill, Block carded an 11-over 81 that left him in 120th position after the first round – plumb last and four shots behind Rory Sabbatini in 119th.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He is 19 shots behind leader Harry Hall at eight-under.<\/p>\n

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His round wasn't without thrills though. A wayward tee shot on the par-4 10t\ufeffh hole saw his ball come to rest on a bridge. He punched it back out to the fairway and played a sensational pitch to about 40cm to save par.<\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/p>\n

Block is a club professional at a public course in California. He can usually be found in a pro shop or on the range giving lessons, not on the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n

He opened with three bogeys in a row, and closed with three double-bogeys in his last four holes.<\/p>\n

Block said this was the round he was expecting to have last weekend.<\/p>\n

"If you are a golfer, you've had the day I've had," he said after the round.<\/p>\n

"You understand the facts of where the lies aren't good and the trees are in your way every time. Even your good shots are bad, your bad shots are worse – it is what it is.<\/p>\n

"I'm going to live with it. I thought it was going to happen that third or fourth round last week at Oak Hill, and it never happened. It happened now, and I wasn't surprised by it, to tell you the truth."<\/p>\n

Block has another sponsor exemption to play at the RBC Canadian Open next week.<\/p>\n

\"Club<\/p>\n

After his performance at the PGA Championship, Block made appearances on podcasts, breakfast TV and even received a text from Michael Jordan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite the almost impossible task in front of him to play on the weekend, Block remained upbeat.<\/p>\n

"I'm looking forward to coming out tomorrow and playing a great round and giving it everything I have," he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

"I've shot 58, and I've shot a 59 in my life, and since what I had today, I wouldn't be surprised if I did it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

"So if I do, cool. If not, I'll be seeing my kids and my wife tomorrow night in California. It's all good one way or the other."<\/p>\n

Min Woo Lee is best of the Aussies in a 15-way tie for seventh at three-under, five shots off the lead. Cam Davis is a shot further back at two-under.<\/p>\n

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