Blades Brown’s appearance at The American Express is becoming memorable in more ways than one.
The 18-year-old shares the lead with World No.1 after two rounds, meaning his maiden PGA Tour win is firmly within his sights at the halfway stage.
Even if he doesn’t go on to lift the trophy, though, it is thought he will make history as long as he makes the cut, which comes after the third round.
Per the Golf Channel’s Brentley Romine, Brown, who turned pro in December 2024 after opting to skip college, will become the first player in the modern era to play eight competitive rounds on the Korn Ferry Tour and the PGA Tour in as many days.
If Blades Brown makes the cut Saturday at The American Express, he’s believed to be the first player, at least in modern history, to play eight competitive rounds between the PGA and Korn Ferry tours in as many days.However, I was mistaken in thinking that no other player has… pic.twitter.com/S6jM9D44NBJanuary 23, 2026
Brown’s marathon run of golf began on Sunday, January 18th at the Bahamas Golf Classic on the Korn Ferry Tour.
Rounds of 68 and 74 on the first two days guaranteed his involvement in all four rounds as he made the cut by three on the way to finishing T17.
However, rather than having a few days to recover before his next start, Brown faced a flight of around 2,500 miles to California for his first PGA Tour event of the season, which began the day after the Bahamas Golf Classic finished.
Blades Brown began the week in the Bahamas on the Korn Ferry Tour
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According to Romine, Brown took a private jet to Palm Springs for the event, where he had a tee time of 9.58am local time on Thursday.
If Brown was fatigued from the trip, it didn’t show, with a five-under round of 67 on Thursday at La Quinta Country Club, which he followed with a remarkable 12-under 60 at Nicklaus Tournament Course the next day.
That leaves Brown rubbing shoulders with Scheffler at the top of the leaderboard and, barring a disaster, a shoo-in for all four rounds at The American Express to complete a record-breaking week.
According to Romine, only one player has come close to the feat in recent years – TJ Vogel, who placed T19 at the 2022 Great Exuma Classic in the Bahamas before flying to…
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