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David Adams
Glasgow
David Adams David Adams was a Glasgow professional and clubmaker holding posts at Riddrie, from 1899-1910, and Douglas Park from 1910 to 1938 with other posts in the Glasgow area contemporaneous with these. He was a non-resident professional as he also ran a sports outfitters in Royal Exchange Square in rhe city but began his career in Renfrewshire as an apprentice to Willie Campbell. The Glasgow Herald of 3 March 1892 describes him as ‘a young professional from Bridge of Weir’ taking part in a professionals versus amateurs match played over Kilmacolm. Later that year he played in a professional tournament over his home course at Bridge of Weir, finishing behind the likes of Willie Park, Sandy Herd and Walter Kirk but ahead of Andrew Kirkaldy, Jack Simpson and Willie Fernie.

Willie Anderson, a member of Perth Artisan club offered to play any Glasgow amateur over Alexandra Park in Glasgow and the North Inch in Perth '£5 a side in plate' in 1898. David Adams described as the then professional at Alexandra Park offered to take up the challenge but, given he was a professional, Anderson was having none of it. The Aberdeen Journal notes him having played regularly with Andrew Forgan and Sir Charles Tennant over 'the first city course’ (Alexandra Park).

Adams played in the inaugural Scottish Professional Championship of 1908 with Lethamhill as his affiliation.

He was runner-up in the Glasgow Professional Championship of 1910 and played in 'what must be regarded as the most representative gathering of professional golfers since pre-war days' (Evening Telegraph), a matchplay competition at the Glasgow Golf Club in Killermont in June 1919. The entrants included Vardon, Braid, Taylor, Massy, George Duncan, Jack White, Laurie Auchterlonie, Ted Ray and Sandy Herd. Adams beat the fine St Andrews amateur Laurie Ayton in the first round.

He also had a large amount of work as a course designer, designing 9-hole courses at Ballieston, Blantyre, Cove and Kilcreggan (which he later extended to 18), Dumbreck, Cleland and Colville Park. Full 18-hole tracks he laid out include Cowglen, Drumchapel, Lethamhill (Alexandra Club), Tarbert in Argyll and Tobermory. Because of urban development, many of these Glasgow area courses are no longer in existence. He was also invited to give his opinion on the proposed 18 hole course at Huntly in 1934.

He died at his home in Bearsden in October 1945 aged 71.

The advertisement is from 1907.

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