Nearly 100 years before Blades Brown, Michigan man won on PGA Tour at 18
Before there was Blades Brown — long before there was Blades Brown — there was Chuck Kocsis. Kocsis' name found its way into the national headlines this weekend, when Brown won the World Wide Technology Championship in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on Sunday, Nov. 8. At 19 years, 5 months and 18 days, Brown became the youngest winner on the PGA Tour since Kocsis, a Michigan golfing legend, nearly 100 years ago. Kocsis was 18 years, 6 months and 9 days when he took the title at the Michigan Open in 1931 at Cascade Hills in Grand Rapids. That tournament took place before the PGA Tour officially was organized, but the PGA Tour still recognizes that as an official tournament. Kocsis remains the youngest winner in PGA Tour history. Brown is now the fourth-youngest. They are two of just six teenagers to win on the PGA Tour, in a list that also includes Jordan Spieth. Who was Chuck Kocsis? Kocsis (pronounced: Ko-shiss) was one of the most accomplished golfers ever to come out of Michigan, where he grew up after his family moved from Pennsylvania shortly after he was born. He grew up caddying at old Redford Golf Club and
