Monday, November 9, 2026 Balls & Bogeys Golf News Edition
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Blades Brown, 19, captures first PGA Tour title in Mexico and did something that hasn’t happened in 95 years
Per Dave Shedloski / Golf Digest: “Audacity is a mindset particular mostly to two vastly distinct age groups—those too young to know any better and those old enough to not care. There was plenty on display Sunday in the final round of the World Wide Technology Championship between two guys short on experience but hardly lacking chutzpah.”
B&B POV: There are some crazy good under-25 studs playing on the PGA TOUR right now. Blades, Bhatia, Thor, Koivun, Ben James, and Tom Kim – all teeing it up in TGL this winter, no less. The tour is ripe for an exciting 2027 season.
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‘Whatever comes next’: Bryson DeChambeau releases statement on playing future after LIV Golf’s end
Per Josh Schrock / GOLF: “Hours after Jon Rahm triumphed in Abu Dhabi to hoist the first trophy of the post-LIV Golf stage of his career, the now-deceased rebel league’s other big name started looking to the future.”
B&B POV: Bryson is an amazing talent and the most polarizing professional golfer this side of Patrick Reed. (Note: Reed and his awkwardness will be back on tour next year. Yuck.) No one but Bryson knows where he’ll play in ’27 or even ’28, but one thing we do know: we want to see him earn his way back to the big boy tour. No mercy.
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The Verdict Is In: Which major professional tournament this weekend had more star power: the PGA Tour’s WWT Championship or the DP World Tour’s Abu Dhabi?
Per Chris Lohman / Balls & Bogeys: Both tournaments brought compelling golf to the same week, November 5–8, 2026. But for marquee names, the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship had the deeper star power pool. WWT brought plenty of talent; Abu Dhabi just brought a lineup that looked like it had reserved the front row.
World Wide Technology Championship Payouts:
Blades Brown, -23, $1,080,000
Ben James, -23, $654,000
Michael Kim, -22, $414,000
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Blades Brown WITB: 2026 World Wide Technology Championship
Per Thomas Hamden / Balls & Bogeys: “At just 19 years old, Blades Brown is already making PGA TOUR history. Brown captured his first PGA TOUR victory at the 2026 World Wide Technology Championship in Los Cabos, Mexico, becoming the youngest winner on Tour in 95 years. And he did it in dramatic fashion.
Let’s take a look inside the Callaway bag that helped this 19-year-old pull off one of the season’s most impressive comebacks.”
DRIVER: Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond (9 degrees), with Mitsubishi Kai’li White 70 TX shaft
FAIRWAY WOODS: Callaway Quantum Ti (15 degrees), with Fujikura Ventus Red 8X shaft, Quantum Triple Diamond (21 degrees), with Mistubishi Tensei 1K shaft
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Days after LIV Golf’s death, Jon Rahm’s Abu Dhabi win showed what comes next
Per Josh Schrock / GOLF: “Jon Rahm didn’t want to wait. Standing on the 18th green at Yas Links on Sunday with a two-shot lead at the Abu Dhabi Championship, Rahm rolled his birdie putt to within an inch of the cup. It stopped a revolution short, but Rahm’s moment was in hand.”
B&B POV: The DP World Tour will be stacked with LIV’s ex-talent, leading with Rahm. Some of those events will be must-watch TV worldwide. It’s too bad we had to endure LIV for as long as we did to get to this point, but here we are.
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