Young guns to watch: Blades Brown and Shuri Sakuma lead after first wins

Two first-time winners top this week's list of young players to watch. Blades Brown, 19, beat Ben James in a playoff at the World Wide Technology Championship in Los Cabos on Sunday after closing with a 9-under 63, and Shuri Sakuma, 23, came from behind to win the LPGA's TOTO Japan Classic. Ages and scores come from ESPN's player pages and leaderboards.

1. Blades Brown, 19. Brown posted 23 under in the clubhouse and won the playoff for his first PGA Tour title. Golf Channel says he is the fourth-youngest winner in Tour history at 19 years, 5 months and 18 days, and the first teenager to win since Jordan Spieth at the 2013 John Deere Classic.

2. Shuri Sakuma, 23. Sakuma closed with an 8-under round to finish at 20 under, four shots clear of Aki Iwai. It was her first LPGA title.

3. Ben James, 23. James started Sunday with a four-shot lead, according to the PGA Tour, and needed an eagle on the 72nd hole to tie Brown at 23 under. He lost the playoff after leading into the final round.

4. Kensei Hirata, 25. The Japanese pro finished alone in fourth at 21 under, with all four rounds under par.

5. David Ford, 24. Ford finished alone in fifth at 20 under, after a tie for third in Utah last month.

6. Aki Iwai, 24. Iwai was second in Japan at 16 under after opening with a 6-under round.

7. Angel Ayora, 22. The Spaniard tied for fifth at the DP World Tour's Abu Dhabi Championship at 16 under, closing with rounds of 7 and 5 under in the event Jon Rahm won.

Keep an eye on: Yuna Araki, 21, who tied for fourth in Japan at 14 under, and Jackson Koivun, 21, who tied for 21st in Los Cabos at 15 under.

What to watch next: Brown's first start as a Tour winner and whether James can turn his next Sunday lead into a title.