Скачать или смотреть McIlroy tells Amazing Michael Block Story

Voice over: Michael Robles
Writer: Golf Channel
Video editor: Lance Keller

He has quite the story to tell from it, too.
McIlroy played alongside club pro Michael Block during
Sunday’s final round at Oak Hill, and he was on hand to
witness Block’s incredible up-and-down from the crowd at
the final hole to secure his place inside the top 15 and
earn a return trip to next year’s PGA.
Block had just gotten up and down from a cross bunker
some 70 yards out on the previous hole, so McIlroy and
his caddie, Harry Diamond, were already impressed with
what Block could do from around the greens when he
missed a left pin left with his approach shot at the par-4
18
th
hole.
“He was down in the crowd, blind shot, and I’m like,
‘There’s no way this guy is getting this thing up and down,
like no way,” McIlroy recalled during a recent appearance
on
Golf.com’s Subpar Podcast
. “And he hits this shot that
lands in the rough between the bunker and the green and
trundles down to 6 feet.
But the story isn’t over, as McIlroy says, “This just speaks
to how confident he is in his short game.”
With Block’s caddie still escaping from the crowd, Block
marked his ball and handed it to Diamond to clean for him.
McIlroy continues: “Harry asks Blockie, ‘Is you short game
usually this good?’ And he said, ‘No, it’s usually better.’
How much confidence is that?!”
Of course, Block later, in one of dozens of post-PGA
interviews, would say, “What I would shoot from where
Rory hits it would be stupid. I think I'd be one of the best
players in the world.”
To which McIlroy now responds, “No disrespect for
Blockie. He has an unbelievable short game, he does ...
but I find that hard to believe.”
“Look, has he made some statements afterwards that I
probably disagree with? Absolutely,” McIlroy added. “But
again, whenever you’re getting asked a million questions
from a million people it’s so hard to not say something,
geez, I’ve certainly regretted things I’ve said or answers
I’ve given to certain questions, and Blockie is probably
feeling the same way at some point. But it still doesn’t take
anything away from what a cool story in golf that that’s
been this year.”

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