Blake Adams (born August 27, 1975) is an American

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who has played on the

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Early life and career

Adams was born in

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, but only lived there for two months. His family moved to

Dalton, Georgia Dalton is a city and the county seat of Whitfield County, Georgia, United States. It is also the principal city of the Dalton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Murray and Whitfield counties. As of the 2010 census, the c ...

, where he lived until he was sixteen years old. After his mother remarried, he moved to

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and graduated from

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, and enrolled at the

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. Adams spent three years at Georgia then transferred to

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. He earned a

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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

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. In his first full season in 2007, Adams made only 5 of 16 cuts and earned just $23,270. In

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, 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

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, with seven top-10s between May and August, including a career high finish of solo second place in Canada at the

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. In September, he led the

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by four shots after three rounds, but finished again in solo second by a stroke, earning $78,500. 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

for the

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season.

2010–present: PGA Tour

After a top-10 finish in February at the

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, Adams' first notable success came at the

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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

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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 ''

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'' magazine.

Personal life

Adams lives in

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with his wife and two children.

Results in major championships

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

Summary

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Blake American male golfers Georgia Bulldogs men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Golfers from Oklahoma Golfers from Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Southern Eagles athletes People from Bartlesville, Oklahoma People from Dalton, Georgia People from Eatonton, Georgia People from Swainsboro, Georgia Sportspeople from the Atlanta metropolitan area 1975 births Living people