Blades Brown: Golf amateur playing in PGA Tour event with 3 TSSAA state championships

MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA - MAY 11: Blades Brown of the United States chooses a club during the third round of the Myrtle Beach Classic at Dunes Golf & Beach Club on May 11, 2024 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)

MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA - MAY 11: Blades Brown of the United States walks off the tenth green during the third round of the Myrtle Beach Classic at Dunes Golf & Beach Club on May 11, 2024 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)

MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA - MAY 11: Blades Brown of the United States walks off the tenth green during the third round of the Myrtle Beach Classic at Dunes Golf & Beach Club on May 11, 2024 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)

MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA - MAY 11: Blades Brown of the United States plays a shot on the tenth hole during the third round of the Myrtle Beach Classic at Dunes Golf & Beach Club on May 11, 2024 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)

MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA - MAY 09: Blades Brown of the United States plays his shot from the seventh tee during the first round of the Myrtle Beach Classic at Dunes Golf & Beach Club on May 09, 2024 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)

MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA - MAY 09: Blades Brown of the United States plays his shot from the seventh tee during the first round of the Myrtle Beach Classic at Dunes Golf & Beach Club on May 09, 2024 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)

Brentwood Academy’s Blades Brown is seen on hole 1 while competing in the DII-AA TSSAA state golf tournament, at Sevierville Golf Club, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023.

Brentwood Academy’s Blades Brown is seen on hole 1 while competing in the DII-AA TSSAA state golf tournament, at Sevierville Golf Club, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023.

Brentwood Academy’s Blades Brown is seen on hole 1 while competing in the DII-AA TSSAA state golf tournament, at Sevierville Golf Club, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023.

Brentwood Academy golfer Blades Brown Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023 in Brentwood, Tenn. Brown is the youngest co-medalist in U.S. Amateur stroke play history.

Comedian Nate Bargatze, left, PGA pro Brandt Snedeker and Brentwood Academy's Blades Brown, one of the nation's top young golfers, share a laugh after playing in the Sneds & Friends Pro-Am at Golf Club of Tennessee in Kingston Springs.

Blades Brown, a 16-year-old from Brentwood, has the chance to become the youngest winner of the Tennessee State Open Golf Championship being played at GreyStone in Dickson. He is the leader heading into the final round.

Brentwood Academy eighth grade Blades Brown won the Division II-AA boys state golf title at the TSSAA golf state championships Oct. 5 at the Sevierville Golf Club.

MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA - MAY 12: Blades Brown of the United States reads his notes on the sixth hole during the final round of the Myrtle Beach Classic at Dunes Golf & Beach Club on May 12, 2024 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA - MAY 12: Blades Brown of the United States plays his shot on the fifth hole during the final round of the Myrtle Beach Classic at Dunes Golf & Beach Club on May 12, 2024 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA - MAY 12: Blades Brown of the United States plays his shot on the fifth hole during the final round of the Myrtle Beach Classic at Dunes Golf & Beach Club on May 12, 2024 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA - MAY 12: Blades Brown of the United States (R) speaks with his caddie on the sixth hole during the final round of the Myrtle Beach Classic at Dunes Golf & Beach Club on May 12, 2024 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)