Move over, Jordan Spieth. There’s a new young gun in town.
For more than a decade, Spieth held the title of the youngest PGA Tour winner in the modern era. When he won the 2013 John Deere Classic at the age of 19 years, 11 months and 17 days, he was the only teenager to win a Tour event in the previous 81 years.
But now, after a dramatic playoff victory at the 2026 World Wide Technology Championship, 19-year-old Blades Brown has taken the crown from Spieth. At 19 years, 5 months and 18 days, Brown is now the fourth-youngest PGA Tour winner in history. (Spieth is sixth on that list.)
But there’s an argument to be made that Brown is actually the youngest winner in all of PGA Tour history.
Blades Brown is youngest PGA Tour winner since 1931 (maybe ever)
On Sunday night, when a reporter alerted Brown to the fact that he had just become the youngest PGA Tour winner since 1931, his initial response was fitting.
“It’s crazy,” Brown exclaimed.
He continued: “I mean, I just think back to all the people that are in my life; my parents, my mom, my dad, my sister Millie, my coach Justin Parsons, Callaway, FloQast. There’s so many people that believe in me, and to finally get my first one under my belt, it’s pretty special.”
Later in his winner’s press conference, the young pro admitted the “magnitude” of becoming a PGA Tour winner hadn’t fully registered.
“It hasn’t set in just yet, I guess, the magnitude of being a PGA Tour winner,” Brown said Sunday night. “Golf is one of the best games, is one of the greatest games in the world. It challenges you mentally, physically, spiritually. It challenges you in every aspect of us, right?”
That’s to say nothing of the magnitude of being the youngest Tour winner since 1931. But what about the magnitude of being the youngest PGA Tour winner ever?
Officially, Charles Kocsis holds the title as youngest winner ever, thanks to his 1931 Michigan Open win at 18 years old. Two other players sit above Brown on the all-time list: Harry Cooper (1923 Galveston Open Championship) and Ralph Guldahl (1931 Santa Monica Open).
The thing is, one could argue that none of those tournaments were PGA Tour events. That’s because the PGA Tour did not technically exist until 1968, when a player revolt led it to split from the PGA of America. Previously, the regional sections of PGA of America had organized many non-major pro events.
However, the PGA Tour has retroactively acknowledged historic wins from the decades before the Tour was officially formed.
That’s why Brown officially sits fourth on the youngest winners list, even though he is the youngest player to ever capture a tournament that was a PGA Tour event at the time of its playing.
Which makes his feat on Sunday at the Tiger Woods-designed El Cardonal course “mind-blowing,” as Brown called it after his round.
“I just go back to, you know, 5-year-old Blades that was watching the TV and watching Tiger Woods and all those great players win major championships, and to think that I’m now in a similar spot with having won a PGA Tour event is mind-blowing.”
You can check out the official list of the youngest winners in PGA Tour history below.
Youngest PGA Tour winners in history
1. Charles Kocsis, 1931 Michigan Open: 18 years, 6 months, 9 days
2. Harry Cooper, 1923 Galveston Open Championship: 19 years, 4 days
3. Ralph Guldahl, 1931 Santa Monica Open: 19 years, 2 months, 3 days
4. Blades Brown, 2026 World Wide Technology Championship: 19 years, 5 months, 18 days
5. John McDermott, 1911 U.S. Open: 19 years, 10 months, 14 days
6. Jordan Spieth, 2013 John Deere Classic: 19 years, 11 months, 17 days
7. Nick Dunlap (a), 2024 American Express: 20 years, 29 days
8. Tom Kim, 2022 Wyndham Championship: 20 years, 1 month, 17 days
9. Matthew Wolff, 2019 3M Open: 20 years, 2 months, 23 days
10. Tom Kim, 2022 Shriners Children’s Open: 20 years, 3 months, 18 days
T11. Nick Dunlap, 2024 Barracuda Championship: 20 years, 6 months, 28 days
T11. Phil Mickelson (a), 1991 Northern Telecom Open: 20 years, 6 months, 28 days
13. Tiger Woods, 1996 Shriners Children’s Open: 20 years, 9 months, 6 days
14. Aldrich Potgieter, 2025 Rocket Classic: 20 years, 9 months, 16 days
15. Tiger Woods, 1996 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic: 20 years, 9 months, 20 days
