Nashville’s Blades Brown, who is 17, will play the second round of his pro golf career on Friday at the PGA Tour American Express Golf tournament .

Charley Hoffman won The American Express golf tournament, then the Bob Hope Classic, in January of 2007. That was four months before Blades Brown was born. On Friday, with the 17-year-old Brown playing his second round as a pro, Hoffman found himself outplaying the youngster, though just barely, to take the lead in the desert’s PGA Tour event.

Blades Brown had a bogey, a double bogey, three birdies and 13 pars for an even-par 72 in his first-ever round as a pro golfer

Nashville’s Blades Brown, who is 17 years old, had a day to remember in the second round of his pro golf career at the PGA Tour American Express