'Young Gun' Brown Seeks Second Straight Win... '19-Year-Old Power in Texas'

Competing in the seventh Fall Series event, the Austin Championship
Won his first career title at last week's WWT Championship
Expected to contend for the title with Austin Smotherman and Doug Kim

Blaze Brown, born in 2007, is going for his second consecutive win.

The 19-year-old Brown will compete in the PGA Tour's Austin Championship, which has a total purse of $6 million, at the Fazio Canyons Course (par 72) at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 13 (Korea time).

Making its debut this year, the Austin Championship is the seventh of eight events in the Fall Series. The series consists of eight events in total. The RSM Classic, which begins on Nov. 20, will be the final event after the Austin Championship.

19-year-old Blaze Brown is aiming for back-to-back wins at the Austin Championship. AP-Yonhap News

Brown is the player attracting the most attention at this tournament. Last week, he won the World Wide Technology (WWT) Championship, which concluded in Mexico. He became the fourth-youngest winner in PGA Tour history at 19 years, 5 months and 18 days. After becoming the youngest medalist at the 2023 U.S. Amateur Championship, he claimed his first WWT Championship trophy since turning professional last year.

Brown secured a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour and climbed to 59th in the FedExCup standings. Ahead of this tournament, he also ranked first in the power rankings published by the PGA Tour website.

Other contenders for the title include Austin Smotherman, who won twice last month, and Korean-American golfer Doug Kim, a University of Texas alumnus. Both are from the United States.

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