{"id":445179,"date":"2026-01-29T13:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/445179\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T13:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:02:16","slug":"teen-star-blades-brown-shoots-60-to-catch-scottie-scheffler-at-the-amex-as-part-of-arguably-the-craziest-week-in-golf-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/445179\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen star Blades Brown shoots 60 to catch Scottie Scheffler at the AmEx as part of arguably the craziest week in golf history"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Photo: Johnnie Izquierdo]<\/p>\n

In a sea of red numbers on the opening day of the American Express tournament, Blades Brown\u2019s opening 67 didn\u2019t really stand out. But when you consider he\u2019s backed that up with a second-day 60 to tie Scottie Scheffler at the top of the leaderboard after 36 holes AND factor in the whirlwind week he\u2019s having, his performance becomes a lot more impressive.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because this is Brown\u2019s second tournament of the week. The 18-year-old finished T-17 at the Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, the Korn Ferry Tour\u2019s second event of the season, on Wednesday afternoon. Then managed to travel 3,000 miles (nearly 5,000 kilometres) and across a couple of time zones to make his Thursday morning tee-time at La Quinta Country Club.<\/p>\n

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Pretty wild. And, again, he\u2019s shot 67-60 after all that. Of course, it helps to have help from someone with access to a private jet.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinished the round. Had to quickly take a shower and then drove to the airport,\u201d Brown said after his opening round in Palm Springs, California, where he\u2019s playing on a sponsor exemption. \u201cThen hopped on a massive OneFlight jet. Ferren Rajput, he was kind of enough to escort me on the way here. It was a six-hour flight. I think it was his jet, so it was awesome. My second time ever flying private. It was beautiful. Then, yeah, arrived here around 8pm last night. Got some Panda Express. Got some groceries. Slept, started sleeping at 10. Then woke up at around 5, got here a little early to make a couple putts, because, I mean, it was blowing 30 [miles per hour] the entire way [in the Bahamas], and then you get here and then it\u2019s perfect. So it\u2019s two completely different situations. But I had a lot of fun today, and bogey-free round, I\u2019ll take that any day of the week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ah, to be 18. Nothing a little Panda Express can\u2019t solve.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the PGA Tour put together a cool video documenting Brown\u2019s wild day in which he mentions that he also took English and econ. exams the day before teeing it up in the Bahamas to graduate from high school. Again, whirlwind!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/2014491444925325469<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI love what I do. I love to play golf. You\u2019re telling me I get to play, hopefully, eight straight competitive golf rounds, one being on the Korn Ferry Tour and the other one on the PGA Tour?,\u201d Brown told reporters on Thursday. \u201cLike, what\u2019s not to love about that? So essentially the first four rounds on the Korn Ferry Tour, those were my practice rounds for this event. And then I got here and thought I played pretty well today.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the American Express having a three-day cut, Brown is assured of playing seven rounds in a row and is all but guaranteed of making that eight. Come Sunday night in California, even this teen phenom will have to be tired. We think. At the very least, he\u2019ll have earned a feast from Panda Express.<\/p>\n