He had progressed to the weekend four times across his 24 PGA Tour appearances before this week, with his career-best performance a tied-69th finish at the Sanderson Farms Championship in 2014.Ī third successive 70 on Saturday saw him start the final round in tied-eighth, six shots behind leader and eventual champion Brooks Koepka.
One of twenty PGA Professionals to qualify for the tournament, Block had never before made the cut in any of his previous seven major outings. Some 2,600 miles away in Rochester, the din was just as loud.īlock captured hearts from the outset at Oak Hill, shooting back-to-back even-par 70’s in the opening two rounds to sail into the weekend just four shots off the top of the leaderboard. Eric Gay/APīack at Arroyo Trabuco, crowds bundled into the club bar to watch and cheer on the 10-time Southern Californian PGA Player of the Year. Block drives from the tee during the final round.
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