19-Year-Old Blades Brown Shatters PGA Tour Age Record
Blades Brown, 19, becomes youngest PGA Tour winner in 88 years after stunning comeback in Mexico.
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Blades Brown, a 19-year-old golfer, has made history by becoming the youngest PGA Tour winner in 88 years after a remarkable comeback in the World Wide Technology Championship in Los Cabos, Mexico. The victory came after Brown, who was trailing by seven shots, carded a blistering 9-under 63 to defeat 23-year-old rising star Ben James in a second playoff hole.
At 19 years and 171 days old, Brown surpassed the previous record set by Bobby Dunkelberger, who won the St. Augustine Pro-Amateur in 1938 at the age of 18. This achievement places Brown among the elite in golf history, joining the ranks of legends like Jordan Spieth, who won the John Deere Classic in 2013 at the age of 19 years and 352 days.
“It hasn’t set in just yet, I guess, the magnitude of being a PGA Tour winner,” said Brown, per ESPN. “I just go back to 5-year-old Blades that was watching the TV and watching Tiger Woods and all those great players win major championships, and to think that I’m now in a similar spot with having won a PGA Tour event is mind-blowing.”
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The numbers from Blades Brown are staggering — a seven-shot comeback, a blistering 9-under 63 and joining the history books on top of that. And he’s only 19 years old. Truly incredible.
It’s a reminder of why we fell in love with golf in the first place. Brown was riding the sheer thrill of chasing a dream against impossible odds, and ended up becoming an overnight legend in the process.
It just goes to show you … whatever you’re doing, do it hard, and don’t give up. Keep grinding.
Source: Daily Caller
