Michael Kim gushed over PGA Tour winner Blades Brown as the 19-year-old made history as the youngest golfer ever to earn a PGA Tour card through the Korn Ferry Tour

Having secured his PGA Tour card for the 2027 season, 19-year-old Blades Brown is considered by Michael Kim to be an exceptional talent on the PGA Tour.

The Tennessee native made history by becoming the youngest golfer to earn a PGA Tour card through the Korn Ferry Tour, earning his spot at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship held at The Federal Club in Glen Allen, Virginia.

At only 19 years, 4 months, and 20 days old, Brown earned his tour membership just two years after turning professional and opting out of a collegiate and amateur career. He has experience already on the PGA Tour, though, as he started off the 2026 season by playing alongside Scottie Scheffler during the final round of the American Express tournament.

Scheffler earned the title, and Brown attempted to follow in his footsteps all season, as he carded a third-place finish at the Puerto Rico Open and a top-10 at the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic.

Then he won at the World Wide Technology Championship in a playoff against 23-year-old Ben James. Speaking at the tournament, Kim said Brown will be fun to watch on the PGA Tour.

“He's just an unbelievable talent,” said Kim.

“This year I played with a lot of young guys. Ben James, who isn't having the best Sunday, but obviously super talented. I played with Jackson Koivun earlier this year. Blades today. He obviously played great today, but I feel like he might be the best out of all the younger guys that I played with.

“The way his club makes contact with the ball, that's kind of only those that are true, true talents of the game can kind of make that contact. I was very, very impressed with him.”

Brown finished solo second in the KFT finals to move him into ninth place on the season-long points list. He was one of 20 players to officially earn their tour cards for next year.

“I want to figure this game out so much," Brown said Sunday after finishing at 14 under at the Vidanta Vallarta. "What's crazy to me about golf is every single time you play in an event, I feel like I learn something new."

“Like this week for me was short game,” said Brown at the Vidanta Vallarta, who ranked 39th in Strokes Gained: Around the Green and 62nd in SG: Putting in Mexico.

“I feel like I just need to dial in around the greens. I probably lost around eight shots short game-wise this week, which eight shots goes a long way. I'm just so encouraged with yeah, I mean, does it kind of hurt to finish bogey, double bogey, par? A little bit, but there are a lot worse things in life, and I'm just going to keep my head high and keep working on things I can.”