He had three straight birdies on the front nine and finished his round with 12 straight pars. Brown was tied for 117th place, 10 shots behind leader JT Poston after the first round. The cut will be made after Saturday's third round and the top 65 plus ties will make Sunday's final round.

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Blades Brown — truly one of the greatest golf names of all time, by the way — is making his professional debut at this week's American Express at PGA West. Brown played La Quinta Country Club on Thursday — the AmEx uses three courses for the first three rounds before the 54-hole cut is made Saturday night and the final round is played at PGA West's Pete Dye Stadium Course (the other being the Nicklaus Tournament Course) — and posted an even-par 72.