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The Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by Virginia’s Richmond Region is the year-end golf tournament of the Korn Ferry Tour. It has been played at a variety of courses; from 2019 to 2023 it was played at Victoria National Golf Club in Newburgh, Indiana. from 2024 to 2025, it was played at the Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort. Starting in 2026, it will be played at the Federal Club in Glen Allen, Virginia in partnership with Henrico County and Virginia state Economic Development Authority and tourism boards.
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American professional golfer (born 2007)
Blades Brown is an American professional golfer from Nashville, Tennessee who at age 16 broke Bobby Jones' record as the youngest medalist at stroke play in U.S. Amateur history. Jones set the record at age 18 (1920), and it remained unbroken for 103 years. Brown's performance in the U.S. Amateur enabled him to compete in his first PGA Tour event where he performed with distinction, 10 under par. Despite numerous college golf offers, he elected to go directly from high school to enter professional golf in January 2025.
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At 19 years and 4 months, Callaway staffer Brown is the youngest player ever to graduate to the PGA Tour through the KFT. Two other amateur standouts on Callaway's staff are joining him
Blades Brown finished second to Austin Hitt at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship on Sunday in Glen Allen, Va., to lock up his PGA Tour card at just 19 years...
Blades Brown made PGA Tour history on Sunday. The 19-year-old from Tennessee became the youngest player to earn a PGA Tour card via the Korn Ferry Tour.