{"id":569022,"date":"2026-03-29T17:13:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T17:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/569022\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T17:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T17:13:27","slug":"blades-brown-looks-to-become-youngest-korn-ferry-tour-winner-shares-lead-with-john-pak-at-club-car-championship-at-the-landings-golf-athletic-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/569022\/","title":{"rendered":"Blades Brown looks to become youngest Korn Ferry Tour winner, shares lead with John Pak at Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf &#038; Athletic Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>17H AGO<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-lqkr0z\">1 Min Read<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"chakra-link css-1jfg7sy\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/korn-ferry-tour\/news\/daily-wrapup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-lqkr0z\">Daily Wrap Up<\/p>\n<p><\/a>*:not(style){overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:0px;right:0px;bottom:0px;left:0px;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;justify-content:center;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;width:100%;height:100%;}.css-17ygvlf>img,.css-17ygvlf>video{object-fit:cover;}.css-17ygvlf::before{height:0px;content:&#8221;&#8221;;display:block;padding-bottom:56.25%;}]]><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774804405_300_image.jpg\" alt=\"Blades Brown makes birdie on No. 18 at Club Car Championship\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-16ejlxd\">Blades Brown makes birdie on No. 18 at Club Car Championship<\/p>\n<p>*:not(style)~*:not(style){margin-top:0.5rem;-webkit-margin-end:0px;margin-inline-end:0px;margin-bottom:0px;-webkit-margin-start:0px;margin-inline-start:0px;}]]><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-lqkr0z\">A<\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-17sz9ey\">Change Text Size<\/p>\n<p>Written by Staff  <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:var(--font-suisse-intl), &quot;Suisse Intl&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.7rem;line-height:2.6rem;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0rem;position:relative\">Blades Brown and John Pak share the lead entering final round at Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf &amp; Athletic Club.<\/p>\n<p>Charting the leader (stats entering week)<\/p>\n<p>CategoryBlades BrownJohn PakAge18272026 Korn Ferry Tour Points ListNo. 73 No. 47Starts \u2013 Wins \u2013 Top 10s on Korn Ferry Tour in 20264-0-06-0-0Starts \u2013 Wins \u2013 Top 10s in Korn Ferry Tour Career18-0-243-1-2Starts \u2013 Wins \u2013 Top 10s at Club Car Championship1-0-02-0-1The 36-hole solo leader cards a 1-under 71 with two birdies (Nos. 6, 15) and one bogey (No. 13)With a 36-hole score of 15-under 129, broke the 36-hole tournament scoring record of 131 held by Kevin Dougherty (2020), Evan Harmeling (2020) and Erik Barnes (2022)Opened with a career-low 11-under 61 (previous best: 63\/four occurrences), breaking the single-round tournament scoring record (previous 18-hole tournament scoring record: 62\/Juli\u00e1n Etulian\/2020\/Round 2)Converted his only other 54-hole lead\/co-lead into his first Korn Ferry Tour victory at the 2024 Compliance Solutions ChampionshipOwns five made cuts through six starts on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season, highlighted by a T12 at the Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard in Bogota, ColombiaMakes his second cut in his third start at the Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf &amp; Athletic Club; finished T3 in his only other made cut at the event (2024)Earned his first PGA TOUR card with a No. 23 finish on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List off the strength of his victory at the Compliance Solutions Championship, as well as six additional top-25 finishesAs a PGA TOUR rookie, finished No. 152 in the 2025 FedExCup Fall, recording three top-25 finishes and a top 10 in 26 startsFinished No. 145 on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookieFinished No. 1 in the inaugural PGA TOUR University Class of 2021 after four seasons at Florida State (2017-21), collecting eight individual wins and All-America honors all four seasons (first-team selection in 2019 and 2021, second-team honoree in 2020, and third-team selection in 2018)Made a birdie on the par-5 18th to card a 5-under 67 to grab a share of the 54-hole lead for the first time in his careerAt 18 years, 10 months, 7 days becomes the youngest 54-hole leader\/co-leader in a Korn Ferry Tour event, surpassing \u00d3scar Serna, who held the solo lead at the 1998 Monterrey Open at 19 years, 5 months, 16 days (finished T8)Bidding to become the youngest winner in Korn Ferry Tour history, a title currently held by Aldrich Potgieter, who won the 2024 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club at 19 years, 4 months, 11 daysTurned professional in 2024 and earned special temporary membership for the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Season; finished No. 68 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, including four top-25s in 14 starts, to secure full status for the 2026 seasonOwns three made cuts in four Korn Ferry Tour starts this season, including two top-25 finishes, and stands No. 73 on the 2026 Points ListMade his first Korn Ferry Tour start at the 2025 Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf &amp; Athletic Club, finishing T41Made four starts on the PGA TOUR this season, highlighted by a solo-third finish at the 2026 Puerto Rico Open and a T18 at the 2026 American ExpressCarded a round of 12-under 60 on the PGA West Nicklaus Tournament Course in the second round of the 2026 American Express, setting the 18-hole tournament scoring record for the Nicklaus Tournament Course and surpassing Patrick Cantlay as the youngest player in PGA TOUR history to record a round of 60 or better Davis Lamb (third\/-15), who finished No. 3 on the 2025 PGA TOUR Americas Points List, stands in the top three through 54 holes for the first time in his Korn Ferry Tour career; he had never stood higher than T10 in 33 previous starts on Tour (2024 Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank\/finished T11; 2024 Veritex Bank Championship\/finished T22).Drew Nesbitt (T58\/-5), who finished No. 8 on the 2025 PGA TOUR Americas Points List, made a hole-in-one on the par-3 17th with a 7-iron from 181 yards.*:not(style){overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:0px;right:0px;bottom:0px;left:0px;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;justify-content:center;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;width:100%;height:100%;}.css-11jnzpa>img,.css-11jnzpa>video{object-fit:cover;}.css-11jnzpa::before{height:0px;content:&#8221;&#8221;;display:block;padding-bottom:66.66666666666666%;}]]><img alt=\"Image for article.\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:cover;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pak_KFT_R2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mar 28, 2026<\/p>\n<p><a role=\"link\" class=\"chakra-linkbox__overlay css-1hnz6hu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/korn-ferry-tour\/article\/news\/daily-wrapup\/2026\/03\/27\/club-car-championship-at-the-landings-golf-and-athletic-club-round-2-leaderboard-results-scores\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pak leads after Round 2 of Club Car Championship<\/a><a class=\"chakra-link css-1jfg7sy\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/korn-ferry-tour\/news\/daily-wrapup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Wrap Up<\/a><img alt=\"Image for article.\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:cover;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pak.jpg\"\/><img alt=\"Image for article.\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:cover;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774804407_304_kft_preview-club.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"17H AGO 1 Min Read Daily Wrap Up *:not(style){overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:0px;right:0px;bottom:0px;left:0px;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;justify-content:center;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;width:100%;height:100%;}.css-17ygvlf>img,.css-17ygvlf>video{object-fit:cover;}.css-17ygvlf::before{height:0px;content:&#8221;&#8221;;display:block;padding-bottom:56.25%;}]]&gt; 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