On Sunday, club pro Michael Block was not the only player to cash the largest check of his lifetime at the 105 thPGA Championship.
John Jackson, his caddie did the math using the calculator app on his phone, Sunday evening, after Block finished T-15. This was the best result for a club professional since 1986 and Block earned $288.333. Jackson took home $20,183.31.
In a video posted on social networks, Block smiles broadly, slaps Jackson five times and gives him knuckles.
Jackson said, “It was unreal, surreal. It’s like a movie or a dream. Whatever you want to call it.” Block, the lowest finisher of the club professionals, was recognized on the 18th hole. “Mike, and I were pinching our faces as we went down the fairways. It was strange. “The whole thing was crazy.”
Michael Block’s cool moment with caddie John Jackson
Jackson calculated his pay for this week. The reaction of the children is priceless.
$20,183.31
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Jackson has been caddying at Spyglass Hills, a resort in Pebble Beach, California. He’s done this full-time ever since 2017. Jackson was a member of the NCAA Division II National Championship winning team in 2011 while playing for the Cal State Monterey Bay Otters.
Block was among 20 PGA professionals who qualified for the PGA Championship. He has been named Southern California PGA Player of the year 10 times and is the reigning PGA Professional of the year. Jackson and Block first met at the California State Open about 10 years ago. Block was playing at the TaylorMade Pebble Beach Invitational when Jackson climbed on his bag. They almost won.
Jackson worked at a few majors before, including the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am – for amateurs only – and PGA Tour Champions Pure Insurance Open over the past 15 years. Jackson caddied at the PGA of Southern Hills in Tulsa (Oklahoma) last year for Block during the practice rounds, but was promoted to full status when Oak Hill opened.
Jackson said: “He called and asked, ‘Does this sound like a week you’d want to spend?’ We did the entire week.”
Jackson was surprised to learn that Block had made a hole-in one. He also noted that he had not putted all day. Jackson remembered saying, “Just hit it a little closer.”
He flew a 7 iron at 15 straight into the cup.
Jackson stated that he didn’t help much as he was pumping up the boy.
Some insight into the club choice on 15 and why Michael Block’s caddie John Jackson thinks this story is resonating with so many people
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Jackson had originally planned to relax on Monday and/or Tuesday before returning to the real world. He claimed that he had vacationers who requested work. Block’s situation changed after he was given a sponsor exemption to the PGA Tour Charles Schwab Challenge, a tournament that began in Fort Worth, Texas on Thursday. Jackson will be back in the bag to make another Tour appearance and earn another huge payday.
Jackson said on Sunday, “I would do it all over again right now.”
He didn’t need to wait long.
