Michael Brennan Officially a Person; Bladez Brown Arrives, and It’s Time for John Rahm’s Best Friend

Michael Brennan’s third PGA Tour win at the Baycurrent Classic lifted him to world No. 20, a gradual yet meteoric climb for the star.

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The PGA Tour has always had the huge problem of having so much young talent that many newcomers fall by the wayside and don't get the attention they deserve until they quietly build a resume that suddenly smacks you in the face. No one on tour can optimize it more than Michael Brennan right now.

Speaking of young talent, Blades-Brown is headed to the PGA Tour next year. At just 19-years-old and some change, he is the youngest player to earn his tour card through the Free Korn Tour after finishing ninth on the single-season points list.

In other news, LIV Golf has been making hay amid its bankruptcy turmoil, and John Ram has officially decided to part ways with the league as its future looks bright. While it's easy to look at the (many) negatives surrounding Ram and his run with LIV, there's a very obvious yet important fact to look forward to.

When you think of young stars on tour, let's call them 26 or younger, the likes of Jackson Koivon (21), Akshay Bhatia (24), Tom Kim (24), Michael Torbjornsen (25), Jacob Bridgman (26), and Ludwig Aberg (26) immediately come to mind, and rightfully so. After what 24-year-old Michael Brennan did over the weekend in Japan, his name is squarely in that group.

The Baycurrent Classic marked Brennan's 33rd career start on the PGA Tour, and after starting Sunday's final round tied for the lead, he carded a 3-under 68 to earn a victory and give him three career wins, all in less than 12 months.

Brennan's first win at the 2025 Bank of Utah Championship came in November against a weaker field. His second trip to the winner's circle, a three-shot victory, came this August at the Wyndham Championship against a stronger field of players fighting for a spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs.

While Windham could be described as his first "big boy" win, his victory at Baycurrent, on international soil, is the most impressive of the three, as he held off the likes of Xander Schaufele, Brian Harman, Ryan Gerrard, Keith Mitchell and Bridgeman en route to victory.

Brennan was ranked 61st in the world in late July, but has worked his way up to 20th in what can only be described as a slow yet meteoric rise.

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The former Wake Forest star turned pro in 2024, and played three PGA Tour Americas events in 2025. He won to earn a spot on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2026, but ultimately dropped out. His start at the 2025 Bank of Utah Championship came through a sponsor's exemption, and he went on to win the event, his first career tour start as a professional, by four strokes.

So, about a year into his career, Brennan had already earned membership on the PGA Tour, and less than a year after his first victory, he won two more. He also won all four major championships in 2026, something only 13 other players can say they have accomplished.

The Virginia native has proven he knows how to do the hardest part — actually winning — as he also ranks second and third in average club speed and driving distance on tour, respectively.

Brennan is one of the best young players on the planet.

Blades Brown lives up to many expectations

It's safe to say that Blades-Brown made the right call with all of his college experience aside.

Because before he could drive a car, which admittedly wasn't that long ago, Blades-Brown was expected to be merely "next man." While he hasn't won a professional event at this point in his very young career, he has met almost every expectation.

It's been a steady climb for the Nashville native since making his professional debut in January 2025 at the age of 17 on the American Express. He's made the most of countless PGA Tour sponsor exemptions and had a remarkably consistent campaign on the Cornfrey Tour in 2026, with six top 10s and just two missed cuts in 18 starts, enough to secure a spot on the tour in 2027.

When the calendar flips in January, things get as real as can be for a guy who doesn't turn 20 until May, but Brown has given him absolutely no reason to doubt because he's been Mr. Consistent.

In 11 tour starts in 2026, Brown missed just two cuts, tied for third at the Puerto Rico Open and finished in the top 25 overall. His career is quite simply on the precise and steady track that many expected it to be at this point.

Currently ranked 97th in the world, it will be fascinating to see how Brown fares out of the gates in 2027. Sneaking into the top 50 and getting invited to the Masters is quite the story.

We ultimately don't care about John Ram being in LIV

It's easy to say that John Rohm made a mistake when he left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf in 2024. You could argue that it was a greedy decision because he made the move for hundreds of millions of dollars. Then again, 99.9% of humanity would leave a career somewhere else to acquire generational wealth, plus Rahm already had money as the main factor in his decision to join the Saudi-backed circuit.

You could also argue that the move hurt his reputation. He made the leap at just 30 years old and in the prime of his career with two major championships already in his pocket.

While it's fair to focus on the now aspects, our now will soon become that time, and Ram has plenty of time to make his short stint at LIV Golf look like a highlight on his resume.

While we don't know how he will do it at this point, the Spaniard is back to consistently competing on the PGA Tour against the best players in the world. Maybe we'll see in six months, maybe 18 months, who knows, but when it does, it's going to hit the PGA Tour from every angle.

Yes, two decades later, golf fans will be joking about Rumm going to LIV Golf for a few years while remembering that he made the announcement in a ridiculous letterman jacket, but our level of attention to it at that point, in the grand scheme of things, won't even exist.

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