TPL Hot 10: Blades Brown jumps to No. 1 as Jon Rahm enters at No. 2

Blades Brown takes over No. 1 in this week's TPL Hot 10 after becoming the youngest PGA Tour winner in 95 years. Jon Rahm, the week's LIV entry, jumps in at No. 2 with a record sixth Rolex Series title, and last week's top two, Andrew Novak and Austin Smotherman, slide two spots each without having played.

The Hot 10

1. Blades Brown, PGA Tour (new). Started Sunday seven shots back at the World Wide Technology Championship, shot 63 and beat Ben James on the second playoff hole at 23-under 265. He is 19, and the win moved him from 95th to 62nd in the world ranking.
2. Jon Rahm, LIV Golf (new). Closed with 67 at Yas Links to win the Abu Dhabi Championship by two. It is his first win since leaving LIV, his 11th DP World Tour title and his sixth Rolex Series win, a record.
3. Andrew Novak, PGA Tour (down 2). Didn't play last week, so his record five-shot Mexico Open win on November 1 keeps him in the top three. He is in the Austin field.
4. Austin Smotherman, PGA Tour (down 2). Also off last week. Two starts, two wins, and he is on Golf Channel's notables list for Austin.
5. Ben James, PGA Tour (new). Took a four-shot lead into Sunday in Los Cabos, lost it, then hit a 285-yard second into 20 feet on the 72nd hole and made eagle to force the playoff. He missed a 6-footer to extend it and has since withdrawn from Austin.
6. Grant Horvat, creator (up 4). Played the back nine in six under to beat Big John by six shots in their first YouTube match, and was named one of four captains in the Internet Invitational's night redraft.
7. Ryan Ruffels, creator (up 2). His Team White closed out Wesley Bryan's Team Green 12.5-6.5 in the Day 2 singles. Ruffels halved his own match with Bryan, then got a captain's spot in the redraft.
8. Big John, creator (down 1). Won his singles match 3&2 over Sam Heung Min, even after giving up a hole on a ball-moved call, and is also a redraft captain. Losing to Horvat by six keeps him behind his teammates.
9. Tyrrell Hatton, DP World Tour (new). Finished second in Abu Dhabi, two behind Rahm, and the runner-up finish locks his place in Dubai. He left LIV in October.
10. Michael Kim, PGA Tour (new). Opened with 73 at El Cardonal, then shot 63-64 on the weekend and finished alone in third, one shot out of the playoff.

Who dropped out

Steven Fisk (276) and Kristoffer Ventura (277) cooled off in Los Cabos after sharing second in Mexico. Ben Griffin tied for 12th in his title defense. Wesley Bryan's team was eliminated, and Mackenzie Hughes isn't on the final scoreboard in Mexico.

Just missed

Rory McIlroy finished third in Abu Dhabi and moved to second in the Race to Dubai, 533.93 points behind Eugenio Chacarra. He says he'll be in the final group on Thursday.

Where LIV fits

Rahm is the only LIV name this week, and the league itself is winding down. At its November 5 bankruptcy hearing, LIV's lawyer told the court it was dropping the LIV 2.0 relaunch (our story).

What to watch

Brown, Novak and Smotherman meet in Austin on Thursday, with Golf Channel live 2-5 p.m. ET. Rahm, McIlroy and Hatton play the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai from 2 a.m. ET Thursday. The Internet Invitational posts Episode 5 today at 1 p.m. ET, and the finale lands Thursday. Our weekly preview has every TV window.