Nashville's Blades Brown, 17, missed the cut in his first PGA Tour event as a pro at the American Express tournament. What's next?

Starting on the back nine, Brown parred the 10 th and made a bogey at on the par-5 11 th. But then he caught fire. He had eight birdies in a nine-hole stretch – including six in a row starting at No. 12 – to close with a round of 8-under 64.

He's just 17 years old, but Blades Brown, making his first pro start at PGA Tour's American Express, has an old-soul perspective thanks to life lessons learned from his dad's successful battle with le