18-year-old phenom Blades Brown has surprised {the golfing} world within the second spherical of The American Specific event in California, taking pictures a -12 par 60 to share the lead with world no. 1 Scottie Scheffler.
Brown broke the course file on the Nicklaus Event Course and his 60 is the bottom PGA Tour spherical by an 18-year-old in 43 years.
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The teenager sensation began red-hot in Spherical 2, carding six birdies and an eagle from his first eight holes.
He had a golden alternative to shoot a extremely uncommon 59, however missed a birdie putt on 18.
Brown and Scheffler cleared the path on -17, however there are a stack of contenders in placing vary on the midway level of the $US9.2m ($A13m) occasion, which makes use of a singular three course format.
The extremely spruiked Brown turned professional in 2025 as a 17-year-old, forgoing a university path to tee it up with the very best golfers on the earth.
Brown performed in 9 PGA Tour occasions final 12 months, with a T34 his finest end result (Mexico Open, Bermuda Championship).
His spherical of 60 on the Nicklaus Event Course was the day’s highest, matched solely by fellow American Andrew Putnam, who shot 60 on the La Quinta observe.
The American Specific makes use of three completely different golf programs (La Quinta, Nicklaus, Pete Dye) which the 156 gamers within the subject every play as soon as throughout the primary three days.
On the finish of the third spherical, there’s a lower which slashes the sector dimension to roughly 65 for the ultimate spherical.
Aussie star Min Woo Lee completed the primary spherical in a share of the lead however dropped again by way of the sector in Spherical 2.
Lee is -11, six pictures behind the chief.
One of the best positioned Aussie is younger gun Karl Vilips, who’s -12 after rounds of 67 and 65.
Adam Scott and Jason Day are in competition as effectively, with each on -10.
Whereas Brown is a terrific story, the freakishly constant Scheffler might be terribly exhausting to beat.
One of the best golfer on the planet carded scores of 63 and 64 throughout the primary two rounds at La Quinta and Nicklaus Event Course respectively.
AMEX LEADERBOARD – ROUND 2
S. Scheffler -17
B. Brown -17
SW. Kim -16
SH. Kim -15
M. McCarty -15
Australians
Ok. Vilips -12
MW. Lee -11
A.Scott -10
J. Day -10