Nashville’s Blades Brown, 17, enters the third round of his pro golf career after making 10 birdies in Friday's round at the PGA Tour American Express

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.

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