Podcasts
The 'dice' game Michael Block had this fellow club pro SWEATING over
Jared C. Tilton
Michael Block was, understandably, mocked six ways to Sunday last week after his comments about wishing there was a "huge crowd on every hole" at Quail Hollow hit the internet. We didn't think Blockie quotes could get any more bold than "if I had Rory's distance ...", but the most famous club pro in golf somehow outdid himself in Charlotte.
That said he ... kind of had a point (ducks)? If we learned anything about Blockie at the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill, it was that the man is the ULTIMATE showman. Put him in front of a large crowd, hit record on the camera and watch him go. He lives for the attention, in a good way. He wants that juice.
The best way to find that juice when the cameras and the fans aren't around? A tasty little wager, something Block is no stranger to according to Tyler Collet, who won the 2025 PGA Professional Championship by 10 shots and earned one of the 20 spots in last week's PGA Championship field. Collet missed the cut at Quail Hollow, he tied John Somers for low club pro in the field at nine over.
Collet, who is an assistant pro at John's Island Club in Vero Beach, Fla., was kind enough to join us following his special week on Monday morning. The topic of Blockie came up numerous times, including in a story Collet shared about a "dice" game Blockie created and had Collet play with him last year at the PGA Cup, a biennial contest between the top 10 PGA pros in the U.S. and the top 10 in Great Britain and Irleand. In other words, the PGA Pro version of the Ryder Cup.
"Michael was on the team, I was on the team, and we played this dice game, started by Michael Block, of course," Collet told us. "He's that kind of person, which is awesome. So, each hole you make a birdie you get to roll the dice, or two dice. So if you roll a five, then you get $5 from each person in your group. If you roll doubles you get to roll again. Let's say you make three birdies in a row, that's three rolls. I mean, it can add up quick."
It added up at an alarming rate for Collet, who found himself down $400 to Block on Day 1.
"I'm like, oh my gosh, what have I gotten myself into?" Collet said.
Being the great guy he is, Blockie decided to let Collet off the hook. The U.S. team was up by a ton of points after Day 1 of competition at the PGA Cup. So he made Collet a deal - if they won by a "certain" amount, he'd let him keep the $400.
"We ended up winning by that amount, which was nice," he said.
To hear our full chat with Collet, in which he shares some fun stories from Quail Hollow and defends the need for having club pros in the PGA Championship field, please have a listen below. And like and subscribe to The Loop wherever you get your podcasts.