Michael Block crashes with 81 at Colonial

It’s been a dream run for the teaching pro, who cashed in at the PGA Championship, but all good things must come to an end. Or at least return to some sense of normalcy.

Block, who had struggled in previous PGA Tour starts before his miraculous showing at Oak Hill, posted bogeys on each of the first three holes and spiraled downward on the back with a pair of doubles to drop to the very bottom of the leaderboard. He finished with an 81, a score much more in line with a teaching pro.

“It’s one of those days of golf. If you play golf, you know exactly what just happened. So I don’t really need to explain it too much because, if you are a golfer, you’ve had the day I’ve had,” Block said. “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, et cetera, et cetera.

“It is what it is. 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.”

Don’t feel sorry for the 46-year-old, however, he’s soaked up plenty of air time in the past few days, made a healthy chunk of change for himself and his caddie in Rochester and was spotted with a few sponsors on his clothing at Colonial.