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Blades Brown wins World Wide Technology Championship at 19
Blades Brown, 19, won his first PGA Tour title at the World Wide Technology Championship in Los Cabos, Mexico.
He came back from a seven-shot deficit with a final-round 63, finishing at 23 under par.
Brown and fellow American Ben James ended level, then played the 18th hole twice in a playoff.
Brown won with a birdie on the second playoff hole after James missed his birdie putt.
Brown turned professional at 17 and earned his 2027 PGA Tour card through the Korn Ferry Tour.
The win also gives him a two-year exemption and a place in next year’s PGA Championship, his first major.
The accounts differ on the historical age record, but describe Brown as the tour’s youngest winner in decades.
Blades Brown won the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico, becoming the youngest PGA Tour winner in 95 years.
The 19-year-old beat fellow American Ben James on the second playoff hole after both finished regulation at 23 under par.
Brown shot a nine-under-par 63 in the final round and came back from a seven-shot deficit.
He is the first teenage PGA Tour winner since Jordan Spieth in 2013.
Brown earned his PGA Tour card this year through his position among the top 20 on the Korn Ferry Tour points list.
- Who
- Blades Brown, a 19-year-old American golfer, beat fellow American Ben James.
- What
- Brown won the World Wide Technology Championship and became the youngest PGA Tour winner in 95 years.
- When
- Sunday, 8 November 2026.
- Where
- El Cardonal at Diamante in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
- Why
- Brown won by making a 3-foot putt on the second playoff hole after he and James finished tied at 23 under par.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Brown shot a nine-under-par 63, erased a seven-shot deficit and finished regulation tied with James at 23 under.
Brown and James both narrowly missed eagle chances on the par-5 18th.
James missed an 8-foot putt and Brown holed his 3-footer to win.
- Age
- 19 years and 171 days
- Winning score
- 23 under par
- Final-round score
- 9-under-par 63
- Playoff
- Second extra hole
- Previous youngest winner
- Charles Kocsis, aged 18, in the 1931 Michigan Open
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What people are saying
I just go back to five-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 them having won a PGA Tour event is mind-blowing.
I’m so obsessed with this game. It tests you in so many ways.
Had a feeling that it was going to go in.
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Blades Brown is CLUTCH! Four under in his last six holes and he is the clubhouse leader by one @WWTChampionship. 📺 Golf Channel