Blades Brown becomes youngest PGA Tour winner in 95 years

Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 9 Nov, 08:11 · Archive

Nineteen-year-old Blades Brown won the World Wide Technology Championship in a playoff, the youngest PGA Tour winner since 1931.

Blades Brown, aged 19, defeated Ben James at the World Wide Technology Championship on Sunday to become the youngest PGA Tour winner in 95 years. Brown closed with a 9-under 63 and won on the second playoff hole with a 3-foot putt after James missed from 8 feet.

James had led by four shots going into the final round at El Cardonal at Diamante but lost that advantage. He salvaged a 70 in the final round by making an eagle on the par-5 18th hole, smoking a 285-yard shot into 20 feet to force the playoff. 'Had a feeling that it was going to go in,' James said of the clutch eagle, which was the only putt longer than 15 feet he made all day. 'Hadn't really made anything all day. Just had a really good line on it and it was a good putt.'

Brown broke the previous record held by Charles Kocsis, who was 18 when he won the Michigan Open in 1931, a tournament considered regional in the early years of the PGA. Brown turned professional two years ago whilst still a junior in high school. 'It hasn't set in just yet, I guess, the magnitude of being a PGA Tour winner,' Brown said. 'I just go back to 5-year-old Blades that was watching the TV and watching Tiger Woods and all those great players win major championships, and to think that I'm now in a similar spot with having won a PGA Tour event is mind-blowing.'

How it is being reported

• Brown, 19, becomes youngest PGA winner in 95 yearsTeenager Blades Brown beats Ben James at the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico to become the youngest PGA Tour tournament winner since 1938.BBC Sport · 9 Nov, 10:19
• Brown becomes youngest PGA Tour winner in 95 yearsBlades Brown has become the youngest PGA Tour winner since 1931 after the 19-year-old came back from a deficit of seven shots with a nine-under 63 to defeat Ben James in the World Wide Technology Championship.Sky Sports · 9 Nov, 08:04
• Teenager Blades Brown becomes youngest PGA Tour winner in nearly 100 yearsNo-one younger has won since Charles Kocsis in 1931Independent Sport · 9 Nov, 07:50
• Is this America's next golf superstar? Teenage sensation becomes youngest PGA Tour winner in nearly 100 yearsBrown is the youngest winner since Charles Kocsis won the Michigan Open in 1931 when he was 18, a tournament that was considered a regional event in the early years of the PGA.Daily Mail Sport · 9 Nov, 02:53

In this story: Blades Brown · Ben James · Charles Kocsis · Tiger Woods · PGA Tour · World Wide Technology Championship · El Cardonal at Diamante

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