Blades Brown has spent the last few years rewriting the record book, and he added another line at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship. At just over 19 years and 4 months old, Brown is the youngest player ever to graduate to the PGA Tour through the Korn Ferry Tour. It caps a season in which he had already earned Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour.
Brown's 2026 included a round of 60 in Palm Springs in January, a third-place finish at the Puerto Rico Open in March and eight top-10 finishes across the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour. He finished ninth in the season-long Korn Ferry Tour standings.
AmateurGolf.com readers watched it build. Brown won the AJGA Junior Invitational in 2023, then shot 64 to share stroke-play medalist honors at the U.S. Amateur at age 16, the youngest medalist in championship history. He was medalist again at the 2024 U.S. Junior, was named AJGA Player of the Year, and turned professional at 17, debuting at The American Express in January 2025. Now he's headed to the PGA Tour at 19.
Here is what is in the bag for Blades Brown:
Quantum Triple Diamond Driver (9°) - MCA Kai'li White 70 TX Shaft
Quantum Ti Fairway Wood (15°) - Ventus Red 8X Shaft
Quantum Triple Diamond Fairway Wood (21°) - Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Shaft
Apex TCB (4-iron) - TT Project X 6.5 Shaft
Apex MB Irons (5-PW) - TT Project X 6.5 Shafts
Opus SP Wedges (50°, 54°, 58°) - TT Dynamic Gold S400 Shafts
Odyssey Ai-ONE Double Wide Putter
Chrome Tour Golf Ball
The Quantum lineup is built around Callaway's new Tri-Force Face, which layers three materials – titanium, a poly mesh and carbon fiber – into a single integrated face. The thin titanium is there for speed, the poly mesh is a military-grade polymer that binds the layers together, and the carbon fiber reinforces the structure so the face can flex more and recover faster. According to Callaway, that multi-material construction has never been used in a driver face before.
Tommy Morrison: Tour bound
Brown wasn't the only Callaway player in the top 10 of the final standings. Tommy Morrison, who turned professional this summer, needed only a few months to lock up his card for 2027, posting a win and five top-10 finishes.
Morrison's amateur résumé was one of the deepest in the game. He won the Southern Junior in 2020, was medalist at the 2023 U.S. Junior, became the first American to win the European Amateur in 2024 and took the Amer Ari Invitational in a playoff in 2025.
Here is what is in the bag for Tommy Morrison:
Quantum Triple Diamond Driver (9°)
Quantum Triple Diamond Fairway Wood (15°)
Quantum Max Hybrid (3H)
Apex Pro (4-iron)
Apex TCB Irons (5-9)
Opus SP Wedges (46°, 52°, 56°, 60°)
Odyssey Prototype Putter
Chrome Tour X Golf Ball
Ian Gilligan: Tour bound
Ian Gilligan was the model of consistency on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2026, piling up nine top-10 finishes. He's still just 23.
His road here has been remarkable. A cancer survivor, the former Florida standout made noise in college golf, won the 2024 Western Amateur and climbed into the top 10 of the world amateur rankings before finishing T16 at the Shriners Children's Open as an amateur.
Here is what is in the bag for Ian Gilligan, all Callaway:
Quantum TD Max Driver (9°)
Elyte Mini Driver (13.5°)
X Forged UT (21°)
Apex TCB Irons (4-PW)
Opus SP Wedges (50°, 56°, 60°)
Odyssey Las Vegas Putter
Chrome Tour X Golf Ball
You can find more info at CallawayGolf.com.
Callaway Golf contributed to this report