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The leaderboard at the PGA Tour's AmEx tournament features Scottie Scheffler in first place.
Well, he's tied for first. With 18-year old Blades Brown.
Brown had a remarkable, astounding, brilliant Friday second round. He set a course-record 60 at the Nicklaus Tournament Course in La Quinta, California.
He is 17-under through two rounds after shooting a 67 in the first round.
Except this isn't even Brown's first golf tourney of the week.
Blades Brown already golfed in a whole entire tournament before The AmEx.
He played on the Korn Ferry Tour (the PGA Tour's minor league) to start the week, tying for 17th in the Bahamas in a tourney that finished Wednesday.
He then had to get to California to tee off Thursday.
Brown opened with a 67, but that must've just been jet lag, because he came out blistering hot in the second round.
"Arrived here around 8 p.m. Wednesday night," Brown told Golf Digest. "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 the entire way [in the Bahamas], and then you get here and then it's perfect. So it's two completely different situations. But I had a lot of fun today, and bogey-free round, I'll take that any day of the week."
Brown had already made a big decision in his career when he chose to skip college golf and turn pro, having already medaled at the U.S. Amateur in 2023.
Looks like an incredible call at the moment.
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