Blades Brown made PGA Tour historical past through the second spherical of the American Categorical.
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Blades Brown’s comeback through the second spherical of The American Categorical wasn’t simply spectacular — it was additionally historic. On Friday, Brown carded a formidable 8-under 64, which stats guru, Justin Ray reported was the bottom rating in a PGA Tour spherical by a participant underneath the age of 18 within the final 40 years.
17-year-old Blades Brown shot 64 at present at The American Categorical.
It is the lowest rating in a PGA Tour spherical by a participant underneath age 18 within the final 40 years.
— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) January 18, 2025
Together with his 64, Brown surpassed the three gamers who achieved the feat within the final half-century. There’s Justin Thomas, who shot a 65 in 2009 when he was simply 16. Tony Finau shot a 65 in 2007 on the age of 17. And Ty Tryon, who carded a 65 in 2001 at 17 years previous.
Whereas he may be younger, Brown can also be sensible past his years. When requested what he thought the distinction maker was throughout his second spherical, the 17-year-old mentioned that sticking to his course of helped, however it actually got here right down to perspective.
“I play golf proper now for a dwelling, and I promise you, there are much more difficult issues than enjoying golf for a dwelling,” Brown mentioned, “Whether or not it’s a child mendacity in a mattress in most cancers, there’s loads to be pleased about out right here.”
“I believe preserving it in perspective that you just get to play golf totally free on an unbelievable golf course and with superior folks,” Brown mentioned, “I believe simply preserving it in perspective positively helped me at present.”
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Along with his stellar mindset, Brown’s placing was additionally lights out on Friday and performed a big position in his record-breaking spherical. In a post-round interview, Brown attributed his birdie run on the again 9 to his prowess on the greens.
“Once I bought to 3 in a row I used to be like okay, we bought to get the putter in my hand,” Brown mentioned.
That technique panned out fairly properly for him as he made three birdies on the next three holes. However don’t interpret this as Brown being cocky. He simply actually loves placing.
He doesn’t view placing as a talent or a chore. As a substitute, Brown sees it as an artwork type, and it’s this very creativity and fervour that makes him so dominant on the greens.
“I simply assume there’s an artwork to it,” Brown mentioned, “I imply, I’m not an artist, however I’m an artist on the placing inexperienced.”
“I really like to have the ability to make some putts, as a result of, I imply, that’s essentially the most exact you bought to be enjoying golf, and I simply, I like to putt,” Brown mentioned.
