Blades Brown Becomes Youngest PGA Tour Winner In Decades At 19

NewsBlades Brown Becomes Youngest PGA Tour Winner In Decades At 19TTroy Smith · November 9, 2026Troy SmithSharefXin✉Blades Brown, 19, became the youngest PGA Tour winner in decades on Sunday, rallying from seven shots behind with a 9-under 63 and beating Ben James on the second playoff hole at the World Wide Technology Championship in Los Cabos, Mexico.Brown was 19 years and 171 days old. ESPN says he is the youngest tour winner since Bobby Dunkelberger won the 1938 St. Augustine Pro-Amateur at 18.The Associated Press says he is the youngest in 95 years, since Charles Kocsis won the 1931 Michigan Open at 18, an event considered regional in the tour’s early years. Either way, he is the first teenager to win on the PGA Tour since Jordan Spieth won the 2013 John Deere Classic at 19 years and 352 days.James, 23, led by four shots entering the final round, lost the lead, then holed a 285-yard shot into the par-5 18th for an eagle and a 70 to force the playoff.

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