After a promising start, Nashville's Blades Brown had a rocky finish as he missed the cut in his first tournament as a professional golfer at the 2025 American Express.

Blades Brown turned pro even though he can not vote, yet he proved it was the right decision at The American Express.

I’m not an artist, but I’m an artist on the putting green,” the teen golfer said after achieving his history-making score

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, enters the third round of his pro golf career after making 10 birdies in Friday's round at the PGA Tour American Express

Blades Brown, 17, is making his pro debut at this week's 2025 American Express. On Friday, he's showing why he belongs on the game's biggest stage.

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.