Rising star Blades Brown set to make professional debut at American Express

17-year-old Blades Brown will make his professional debut this week at the 2025 American Express. This will be his second start on the PGA Tour after the Myrtle Beach Classic last year where he placed T26.

At the age of 16, the Tennessee native had broken Bobby Jones' record of being the youngest medallist in stroke play in US amateur history. Jones had achieved the feat at the age of 18, a record that remained unbroken for a staggering 103 years. On the eve of this milestone for the youngster, the PGA Tour shared a snippet of his first Tour start last year at the Myrtle Beach Classic on X.

As a high school sophomore, Blades Brown decided to continue his education online to focus better on his golf in July last year. In December, he announced that despite receiving offers from top collegiate programs, he would turn pro instead of attending a college. The rising star has signed NIL deals with Callaway and New-Jersey-based financial advisory firm, Transcend Capital Advisors.

Blades Brown will start his 2025 American Express campaign on Thursday.

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Who will Blades Brown tee off with at the 2025 American Express Round 1?

Blades Brown at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship (Source: Getty)

Blades Brown will tee off at the La Quinta Course paired with Isaiah Salinda. The duo will start at 10:42 am PST. They are a part of the first tee at the course.

A set of players will be teeing off at the Nicklaus Tournament Course and the Pete Dye Stadium Course. Blades Brown is up against some tough contenders such as Justin Thomas, Sam Burns, Tony Finau, Si Woo Kim, and Sungjae Im among others.

Here's looking at the full tee times and pairings of Round 1 of 2025 American Express (please note all times are in PST):

La Quinta Country Club

• 1st tee
• 8:30 am: Max Greyserman, Kevin Streelman
• 8:41 am: Nick Dunlap, Sam Burns
• 8:52 am: John Pak, Tim Widing
• 9:03 am: Adam Hadwin, Ryan Palmer
• 9:14 am: Patrick Cantlay, Billy Horschel
• 9:25 am: Matteo Manassero, Michael Thorbjornsen
• 9:36 am: Charley Hoffman, Eric Cole
• 9:47 am: Keith Mitchell, Brandt Snedeker
• 9:58 am: Justin Thomas, Jason Day
• 10:09 am: Greyson Sigg, Vince Whaley
• 10:20 am: Camilo Villegas, Nico Echavarria
• 10:31 am: Wyndham Clark, Rickie Fowler
• 10:42 am: Blades Brown, Isaiah Salinda
• 10th tee
• 8:30 am: Patrick Fishburn, Andrew Novak
• 8:41 am: Tony Finau, Will Zalatoris
• 8:52 am: Aldrich Potgieter, Braden Thornberry
• 9:03 am: Justin Lower, Ben Kohles
• 9:14 am: Chris Kirk, Davis Thompson
• 9:25 am: Rikuya Hoshino, Taylor Dickson
• 9:36 am: Doug Ghim, Sam Ryder
• 9:47 am: Zach Johnson, Kevin Kisner
• 9:58 am: Si Woo Kim, Kurt Kitayama
• 10:09 am: Quade Cummins, Noah Goodwin
• 10:20 am: J.J. Spaun, Rico Hoey
• 10:31 am: Rafael Campos, Peter Malnati
• 10:42 am: Kaito Onishi, Jeremy Paul

Nicklaus Tournament Course

• 1st tee
• 8:30 am: Ryo Hisatsune, Matti Schmid
• 8:41 am: Chris Gotterup, Adam Svensson
• 8:52 am: Max McGreevy, Hayden Buckley
• 9:03 am: Ben Martin, Chandler Phillips
• 9:14 am: Brice Garnett, Harry Hall
• 9:25 am: Danny Walker, Matthew Riedel
• 9:36 am: Nate Lashley, David Skinns
• 9:47 am: Frankie Capan III, Antoine Rozner
• 9:58 am: Chad Ramey, K.H. Lee
• 10:09 am: Chesson Hadley, Harry Higgs
• 10:20 am: Michael Kim, Mac Meissner
• 10:31 am: Taylor Moore, Lee Hodges
• 10:42 am: Norman Xiong, Brian Campbell
• 10th tee
• 8:30 am: Joel Dahmen, Ben Griffin
• 8:41 am: Brian Harman, Sepp Straka
• 8:52 am: William Mouw, Ryan Gerard
• 9:03 am: Jason Dufner, David Lipsky
• 9:14 am: Mark Hubbard, Daniel Berger
• 9:25 am: Steven Fisk, Trevor Cone
• 9:36 am: Sami Valimaki, Henrik Norlander
• 9:47 am: Danny Willett, Victor Perez
• 9:58 am: Jake Knapp, J.T. Poston
• 10:09 am: Beau Hossler, Will Gordon
• 10:20 am: Tom Hoge, Cameron Young
• 10:31 am: Francesco Molinari, Jhonattan Vegas
• 10:42 am: Alejandro Tosti, Cristobal Del Solar

Pete Dye Stadium Course

• 1st tee
• 8:30 am: Lanto Griffin, Bud Cauley
• 8:41 am: Luke List, Kevin Yu
• 8:52 am: Kevin Roy, Ricky Castillo
• 9:03 am: Taylor Montgomery, Bronson Burgoon
• 9:14 am: Matt Kuchar, Cam Davis
• 9:25 am: Paul Peterson, Takumi Kanaya
• 9:36 am: Chez Reavie, Aaron Baddeley
• 9:47 am: Nick Taylor, Tom Kim
• 9:58 am: Sungjae Im, Mackenzie Hughes
• 10:09 am: Alex Smalley, Patrick Rodgers
• 10:20 am: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Harris English
• 10:31 am: Lucas Glover, Erik van Rooyen
• 10:42 am: Kevin Velo, Jackson Suber
• 10th tee
• 8:30 am: Jacob Bridgeman, Joe Highsmith
• 8:41 am: Emiliano Grillo, Adam Schenk
• 8:52 am: Thomas Rosenmueller, Mason Andersen
• 9:03 am: Bill Haas, Andrew Putnam
• 9:14 am: Brendon Todd, Patton Kizzire
• 9:25 am: Anders Albertson, Philip Knowles
• 9:36 am: Trey Mullinax, Carson Young
• 9:47 am: Chan Kim, Sam Stevens
• 9:58 am: Davis Riley, Nick Hardy
• 10:09 am: Kris Ventura, Jesper Svensson
• 10:20 am: Ben Silverman, Wesley Bryan
• 10:31 am: Matt McCarty, Vincent Norrman
• 10:42 am: Will Chandler, Kyle Mendoza

The prize purse of the event is a whopping $8.8M with the winner taking home $1,584,000. The tournament will be broadcast by Golf Channel in the US and Sky Sports Golf in the UK.