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PGA club pro Michael Block makes hole-in-one at the 2023 PGA Championship using irons from 2014!

Published

3 years ago

May 21, 2023

Michael Block’s story somehow gets even more fascinating once you take a look at the golf clubs he’s using at the 2023 PGA Championship.

Block is a PGA professional at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club in Mission Viejo, California, where he reportedly charges $125 for a 45-minute lesson. He’s all booked up on PGA Championship Sunday, though, because has a tee time with Rory McIlroy at Oak Hill Country Club.

With his fine play, a dash of showmanship, and a ton of appreciation for the moment, Block finished his third round in the PGA Championship at even par, sitting at T8. Soon after the round ended, he learned he’d be playing with McIlroy on Sunday.

Michael Block will be paired with Rory McIlroy in the final round of the PGA Championship tomorrow.

His reaction to finding out will make you smile ? pic.twitter.com/hjs6G8Nopj

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 21, 2023

Block isn’t a complete stranger to major championships – this is his seventh appearance in a major, and he won the 2022 PGA Professional Player of the Year award.

Although he works as a teaching pro day-to-day, he’s a professional gamer on the golf course.

UNBELIEVABLE!

MICHAEL BLOCK JUST DUNKED A HOLE-IN-ONE! pic.twitter.com/Qin8FYXFQV

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 21, 2023

As if Block’s perfect week couldn’t get any better, he also made a hole-in-one on the par-3 15th hole while playing alongside McIlroy.

Block probably won’t win the event, but he’s certainly won the hearts of golf fans everywhere.

The gearheads will love him, too, because he’s using TaylorMade Tour Preferred MC irons from 2014, an original Odyssey White Hot 2-Ball (Tour Filled) putter, a TaylorMade MG3 TW-Grind 60-degree wedge with a custom grind on the sole for added heel relief, and a TaylorMade M5 5-wood from 2019. He also received a fresh TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus driver this week, which is equipped with a Fujikura Ventus Black 6X shaft.

He has the type of club setup where you see him on the first tee at the club and immediately know it’ll be a tough match. The clubs have seen a lot of success, and they’re seeing even more this week.

Check out Block’s 2023 PGA Championship WITB below!

Driver: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X

3-Wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Orange 70TX

5-Wood: TaylorMade M5 (19 degrees)
Shafts: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Orange 70TX

Driving Iron: TaylorMade Stealth UDI (4 iron, 23 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD-DI 85 Hybrid X-Flex

Irons: TaylorMade Tour Preferred MC 2014 (5-9 iron)

Wedges: TaylorMade MG3 (48 and 60 degrees), TaylorMade Milled Grind (52 and 56 degrees)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Odyssey White Hot 2-ball (Tour Filled)

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

See more photos of Block’s WITB here

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He played on the Hawaii Pacific University Men's Golf team and earned a Masters degree in Communications. He also played college golf at Rutgers University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

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Kevin O

May 22, 2023 at 5:06 am

What a cool bag and a fun story!

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J.T. Poston’s winning WITB: 2026 Memorial Tournament

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