Blades Brown, a 16 year-old from Tennessee, shot a bogey-free 66 Saturday and moved into the top 25 at the Myrtle Beach Classic in the high school sophomore’s PGA Tour debut.
Brown made five birdies, including four on the back nine. He started the back nine with birdies on Nos. 10, 12 and 13 and sits at 8-under 205 heading into Sunday’s final round.
Chris Gotterup leads the tournament at 14 under through four holes on Saturday.
Brown opened with a 1-over 72 on Thursday and shot a 4-under 67 on Friday to get to 3 under and make the cut, which was at 2 under.
Brown received a sponsor exemption to play in Myrtle Beach this week while the PGA Tour’s main event, the Wells Fargo Championship, is being played in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is the top-ranked golfer in the Class of 2026, No. 4 in the AJGA rankings and No. 176 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
He became the second consecutive 16-year-old to make the cut in a PGA Tour-sponsored event. England’s Kris Kim, 16, did so at last week’s CJ Cup Byron Nelson. Miles Russell, 15, tied for 20th at the Korn Ferry Tour’s Lecom Suncoast Classic last month.