Commentary
This past Saturday, Michael Block, golf’s 46-year-old everyman, was playing shoulder-to-shoulder with the world’s top players at the PGA Championship in New York state. Against all odds, he was holding his own so well that by Sunday, he was paired with arguably the greatest golfer of his generation, Rory McIlroy, a four-time major champion.
Block’s reaction to that pairing was pretty much the same one most of us would have if we were paired with someone who we’ve admired from afar: disbelief.
“You serious?” Block said, spinning around in a circle when he got the news. “Wow. That should be fun. We’ll have a good time,” he added, “Really?” Then spun around again in disbelief….