Nashville's Blades Brown, 17, missed the cut in his first PGA Tour event as a pro at the American Express tournament. What's next?

Starting on the back nine, Brown parred the 10 th and made a bogey at on the par-5 11 th. But then he caught fire. He had eight birdies in a nine-hole stretch – including six in a row starting at No. 12 – to close with a round of 8-under 64.

He's just 17 years old, but Blades Brown, making his first pro start at PGA Tour's American Express, has an old-soul perspective thanks to life lessons learned from his dad's successful battle with le

Nashville’s Blades Brown, 17, had a rough finish to his first tournament as a pro golfer, missing the cut at the PGA Tour American Express tournament

Follow live updates as Brentwood Academy golf star Blades Brown, 17, makes his pro golf debut at the PGA Tour American Express Tournament.

Pickleball has become a favored pastime for the clan at home in Nashville, Tenn.—evident by Blades Brown’s reaction to flying over the Coachella Valley this week and noting the inordinate number of golf courses and pickleball courts.

Everything to know about former Brentwood Academy golf star Blades Brown, 17, making his pro golf debut at the PGA Tour American Express Tournament.

In 2022, Parke Brown – Blade’s father – was given a somber diagnosis of bone cancer that carried with it a life expectancy of only a few months. After undergoing more test, doctors instead determined Parke had Hairy Cell Leukemia—a rare form of the disease that can’t be cured but is treatable with chemotherapy and frequent blood monitoring.

The 17-year-old Nashville native, already etched in golf’s record books, draws inspiration from Nick Dunlap’s victory at La Quinta last year.

Nashville’s Blades Brown, who is 17 years old, had a day to remember in the second round of his pro golf career at the PGA Tour American Express