American club pro Michael Block is hoping to avoid a return to reality for as long as possible after his PGA Championship heroics.

Block stole the show - nearly even eclipsing winner Brooks Koepka at Oak Hill - making a hole-in-one during the final round while playing alongside Rory McIlroy and finishing in a tie for 15th place.

The 46-year-old's display captured the imagination of the spectators and his tie for 15th secured a place in next year's US PGA at Valhalla, followed soon after by invites for this week's Charles Schwab Challenge on the PGA Tour and June's Canadian Open.

He's looking forward to returning to action this week alongside his Australian buddy Min Woo Lee.

"I just show up on Thursday and tee it up with Min, who's a buddy of mine, which is great - so super comfortable pairing - and just have fun," he said.

"Whatever comes of it, comes of it. I'll enjoy it one way or the other. I've got a great life both ways so it's good all the way."

"I've said it a lot, but it's just a dream.

"I'm just cruising. I'm actually kind of glad that at this point I haven't come to the reality about what's happening so I can actually play pretty good golf.

"I think if I sit down and think about it too much, I'm not sure I could swing the club on Thursday.

"There's a lot going on and I really apologise to all my friends and fans and PGA members out there that have texted me. I'm sorry I haven't gotten back to you.

"I literally scroll and scroll and scroll and it's never ending. I can't even get to the bottom of any of my feeds to even see how many or who's seeing me. So it's been crazy."

Among the messages Block has been able to reply to was one from his hero Michael Jordan, the former basketball star, who told him that his performance was "why he loves the game of golf so much".

"I'm a big Jordan guy my whole life," Block said. "I was a little kid in Iowa saving 100 bucks for a pair of Jordans back in the day. Pretty darn cool, to say the least.

"It's just weird now where I come up through a gate and the guys at the gate are screaming 'Block Party' when I'm going through - and the guy making me an omelette gave me knuckles and said I did awesome last week.

"I mean, that's the part where it's a little beyond me at this point. So it's cool, but I'm trying to enjoy it.

"I don't really know what the future is going to hold whatsoever. I'm not trying to guess what's going to happen. I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing."