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 .

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.

The 17-year-old Nashville native, already etched in golf’s record books, draws inspiration from Nick Dunlap’s victory at La Quinta last year.

J.T. Poston shot a 10-under 62 to take a one-stroke lead over Justin Lower in the opening round of The American Express on Thursday. Poston carded nine birdies and an eagle on the Nicklaus Tournament Course at PGA West in the Palm Springs-area desert.

A stampede up the leaderboard, led by J.T. Poston’s 10-under 62 on the Nicklaus Tournament Course at PGA West, signaled business as usual for The American Express. By the end of the day, 17 golfers had shot 65 or lower on a beautiful desert day with no sign of the fierce winds that have been pounding the Los Angeles area in the past week sparking wildfires that will force a move of the Genesis to an unnamed alternate course next month.