‘Ridiculous’: Senior PGA Tour Pro Faces Backlash Over Tone-Deaf Remark After Season-Ending Setback

Michael Block missed the Charles Schwab Cup Championship by six places. His closing 70 at the Simmons Bank Championship left him tied for 10th at 11 under and $51,060 richer, 42nd in the standings, with only the top 36 bound for Phoenix and his season finished. By Monday, that was no longer the most discussed thing about his week. Days earlier, asked by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette whether he had grasped how much money was available on PGA Tour Champions, Block had listed what the payday had not altered.