Michael Block is not ready to call this the end. After missing the weekend at the 2026 PGA Championship, Block said Friday at Aronimink Golf Club that he expects to be back, even if it takes more than one more try.
Block opened with an even-par 70, but he shot four-over over his final nine holes on Friday and fell outside the line for players who moved on at par-70 Aronimink. He said, “There’s no way in God’s green Earth this is my last one. No chance.” He added, “I will definitely qualify for one more, if not five more, to be honest.”
The 2023 PGA Championship made Block one of the event’s most recognizable stories, and he tied for 15th that week. Now next month he turns 50, a milestone that will open another route for him to keep showing up at this level. Block said he can go to the PGA Professional Championship and qualify for the top 20 to come to the PGA Championship. “I don’t feel like I’m done,” he said. “I can still come to these.”
Aronimink’s cut line left little room for error. Only players at four-over or better played the weekend, and Block was among several notable names left out after two rounds. The list included Sepp Straka, a two-time member of the European Ryder Cup team, Robert MacIntyre, also a two-time Ryder Cup team member, and Tyrrell Hatton, who tied for third at the Masters and had three top 25s in the majors last year.
Adam Scott’s missed cut came at his 99th straight major start, while Viktor Hovland, the world’s ninth-ranked player in the source, finished with 13 bogeys across his two rounds. Bryson DeChambeau, the world’s eighth-ranked player in the source, also missed the cut, and Keegan Bradley, who won the 2018 BMW Championship at Aronimink, managed just two birdies over his two rounds. Tommy Fleetwood was pictured Friday at Aronimink Golf Club, and Matt Wallace was also among the players discussed as missing the cut after the attention that followed Thursday’s opening day.
Block’s finish did not change the fact that the week added another chapter to a story that has already lasted longer than most expected. For him, the next target is not nostalgia. It is qualifying again.
