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At 19, he is the youngest golfer ever to earn his way onto the PGA Tour

Blaze Brown finished second at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship in Virginia, lifting him to ninth in the season standings and earning one of 20 PGA Tour cards for next year. At 19 years, four months and 20 days, he becomes the youngest player ever promoted this way, passing a mark set by former world number one Jason Day. Brown turned professional in late 2024 instead of going to college, after earlier breaking a youngest-medallist record at the US Amateur that had stood since 1920.

The upbeat factorthe ball, as Brown puts it, does not care how old you are — and neither, now, does the PGA Tour.
✓ Verified · Seoul Economic Daily · 2026-10-12 · USA
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