Blake Adams

Blake Adams
Blake Adams
Personal information
Born	August 27, 1975 (age 48); Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Swainsboro, Georgia
Career
College	University of Georgia ; Georgia Southern University
Turned professional	2001
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour ; Web.com Tour ; NGA Hooters Tour ; Gateway Tour ; Tarheel Tour
Professional wins	3
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	T7: 2012
U.S. Open	T21: 2012
The Open Championship	DNP

Last updated April 04, 2024

Blake Adams (born August 27, 1975) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour.

Early life and career

Adams was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, but only lived there for two months.^[1] His family moved to Dalton, Georgia, where he lived until he was sixteen years old. After his mother remarried, he moved to Eatonton and graduated from Gatewood School, and enrolled at the University of Georgia in Athens.

Adams spent three years at Georgia then transferred to Georgia Southern University in Statesboro. He earned a bachelor's degree in sociology in 2001 and turned professional later that year.

Professional career

2007–2009: Nationwide Tour

Injuries have plagued Adams throughout his career and he bounced around on the mini-tours until he joined the Nationwide Tour in 2007. In his first full season in 2007, Adams made only 5 of 16 cuts and earned just $23,270.

In 2008, he made 7 of 11 cuts, playing a limited schedule. He had one top 10, earned $63,701, and obtained his full-time Nationwide Tour card for 2009.

Adams had a breakout year in 2009, with seven top-10s between May and August, including a career high finish of solo second place in Canada at the Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic. In September, he led the Boise Open by four shots after three rounds,^[2] but finished again in solo second by a stroke, earning $78,500.^[3] Adams earned $399,749 in 2009 and finished third on the Nationwide money list. He shattered the Nationwide Tour's record for single season earnings without a victory; his successful 2009 season secured him a promotion to the PGA Tour for the 2010 season.

2010–present: PGA Tour

After a top-10 finish in February at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Adams' first notable success came at the HP Byron Nelson Championship in Texas in May 2010; he finished in a three-way tie for second by two strokes, albeit following a disappointing double bogey on the 72nd hole. This result earned him $485,333 and put his winnings over $820,000 for the season, which moved him from 118th to 47th on the 2010 money list, and secured his PGA Tour playing privileges for 2011.

Adams, along with a few other PGA Tour hopefuls, was featured on an NBC special "Ticket to the Tour", which aired on January 2. Adams hosted the weekly "Inside the PGA Tour" on January 12 and was featured in the March 2010 issue of Men's Journal magazine.

Personal life

Adams lives in Swainsboro, Georgia with his wife and two children.

Professional wins (3)

NGA Hooters Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Sep 4, 2005	Langdale Ford Championship	−10 (72-68-70-68=278)	2 strokes	Matt Hendrix

Gateway Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Apr 22, 2005	Silver Lakes	−9 (70-65-71-73=279)	1 stroke	Gary Christian

Tarheel Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Oct 2, 2008	Columbia Open	−16 (67-68-65=200)	1 stroke	Cory Kaufman, Scott Usher

Results in major championships

Tournament	2012
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open	T21
The Open Championship
PGA Championship	T7

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

Tournament	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0
U.S. Open	0	1	1	1
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0
PGA Championship	1	1	1	1
Totals	1	2	2	2

Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (2012 U.S. Open – present)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1

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References

↑ "What they said: Blake Adams". PGATour.com. May 21, 2010. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
↑ Adams builds lead to 4 at Boise Open ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Nationwide Tour - Results - Boise Open". PGATour.com. Archived from the original on February 22, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.

External links

Blake Adams at the PGA Tour official site
Blake Adams at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

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[1] "What they said: Blake Adams". PGATour.com. May 21, 2010. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2012.

[2] Adams builds lead to 4 at Boise Open ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[3] "Nationwide Tour - Results - Boise Open". PGATour.com. Archived from the original on February 22, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.

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