Blades Brown Wins PGA Tour Title as Séamus Power Secures Top-10

Nineteen-year-old Blades Brown won the World Wide Technology Championship in a sudden-death play-off, becoming the youngest PGA Tour winner in 95 years.

Chasing History in Cabo San Lucas

Brown shot a nine-under-par 63 on Sunday at El Cardonal at Diamante in Cabo San Lucas, coming from seven shots behind to catch Ben James. At 19 years, five months, and 18 days old, Brown became the fourth-youngest winner in PGA Tour history. He is the youngest victor on the tour since Charles Kocsis won the 1931 Michigan Open at age 18, a tournament considered a regional event in those years.

James forced the play-off by eagling the par-five 18th hole from 20 feet to finish alongside Brown at 23-under 265. Both players birdied the first extra hole before Brown rolled in a five-footer for birdie on the second tie hole to secure the title.

It hasn’t set in just yet, I guess, the magnitude of being a PGA Tour winner, Brown said. He pocketed $1.080 million, earned a two-year tour exemption, and secured an invitation to the 2027 PGA Championship.

Séamus Power Secures Top-10 Finish

Séamus Power finished tied for eighth at 18-under after carding a six-under 66 in the final round. The 39-year-old Waterford golfer made the cut on the mark and posted three eagles and eight birdies over his final 36 holes, with his only blemish coming on his opening hole Sunday. Power earned $169,500 for his fifth top-10 finish of the season, lifting his total season earnings to $1,823,063.

The result moved Power from 70th to 65th in the FedEx Cup Fall standings with two events remaining. Players finishing between 51st and 60th earn starts in the first two signature events of the next season, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Genesis Championship at Riviera.

Power will look to improve his standing at the upcoming Austin Championship in Texas before finishing his season at Sea Island Golf Club.

Runner-up James also advanced his position despite the play-off loss, moving up nine spots to 53rd in the FedEx Cup Fall standings and locking down a spot in the early-season signature events. Meanwhile, Michael Kim finished third at 22-under, praising Brown’s exceptional ball-striking ability.

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