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Adams shared the third-round lead with Henry Cotton, but despite beating Cotton (and Gene Sarazen, also in the field that year) in the final round, Adams finished a single shot behind Alf Padgham.
Adams shared the third-round lead with Henry Cotton, but despite beating Cotton (and Gene Sarazen, also in the field that year) in the final round, Adams finished a single shot behind Alf Padgham.
Two years later, at Royal Street George"s, Adams" final two rounds of 78-78 put him in second place, this time behind Regional Whitcombe. When the Championship resumed after World World War II, he was fourth in 1951, and in 1954, Adams was the only player to break 70 in both the final two rounds at Royal Birkdale with a pair of 69s, but his effort was not quite enough to catch Peter Thomson, and Adams finished fifth, three shots behind. In 1937 Adams was runner-up in the British Professional Golf Association Matchplay championship, the first of three occasions he would reach the final of that event without winning lieutenant
Adams was selected for the 1939 Ryder Cup team, although the matches did not take place, then again in 1947, 1949, 1951 and 1953.
In 1951, the British team all played in the North and South Open in America in preparation for the Ryder Cup matches, and Adams finished fourth in a field that contained the entire United States. Ryder Cup team Adams was the head pro at the Wentworth Club from 1949 to 1952.
He then went to Royal Mid-Surrey, where he stayed until 1969.