Jimmy Adams
Summary
Near misses
- 1936 The Open Royal Liverpool Golf Club · runner-up to Alf Padgham · 288
- 1938 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · runner-up to Reg Whitcombe · 297
- 1949 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished T8 · 288
- 1951 The Open Royal Portrush Golf Club · finished T4 · 292
- 1954 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished T5 · 286
Ryder Cup
4 Cups, 7 matches: 2 won, 5 lost, 0 halved, 2 points. Foursomes 1-3-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 1-2-0.
Rivals
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Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Alf Padgham's rivals →
Results by championship
Best day
1938 The Open
Runner-up to Reg Whitcombe · 297.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1938.
Career line, 1936–1954
9 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Runner-up
- Top 10
- Ryder Cup, GB / Europe
Jimmy Adams was born in 1910 in Troon, Scotland. Adams' best major finish was second, at the 1936 Open and the 1938 Open. Adams played in 4 Ryder Cups for GB (1947, 1949, 1951, 1953), winning 2, losing 5 and halving 0 of 7 matches for 2 points.
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The record
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
- 1936 The Open Royal Liverpool Golf Club · runner-up to Alf Padgham · 288
- 1938 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · runner-up to Reg Whitcombe · 297
- 1949 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished T8 · 288
- 1951 The Open Royal Portrush Golf Club · finished T4 · 292
- 1954 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished T5 · 286
Ryder Cup
Adams played 4 Ryder Cups for GB: 7 matches, 2 won, 5 lost, 0 halved, 2 points (28.6% of those available). By format: foursomes 1-3-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 1-2-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1947 Portland Golf Club GB · USA won 11–1 · 0-2-0, 0 points
- 1949 Ganton Golf Club GB · USA won 7–5 · 2-0-0, 2 points
- 1951 Pinehurst Resort, Course No. 2 GB · USA won 9.5–2.5 · 0-2-0, 0 points
- 1953 Wentworth Club (course not named in sources found) GB · USA won 6.5–5.5 · 0-1-0, 0 points
Partners, with matches played together: Max Faulkner (2), John Panton (1), Bernard Hunt (1).
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.