# Perry Adair

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**Oliver Perry Adair** (1899 – May 30, 1953) was an American amateur golfer from [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta), Georgia, who grew up playing golf at [East Lake Golf Club](/source/East_Lake_Golf_Club) with his friend [Bobby Jones](/source/Bobby_Jones_(golfer)). He was a very accomplished player, having won the 1921 and 1923 [Southern Amateur](/source/Southern_Amateur) and 1922 Georgia Amateur championships.

Along with Jones and [Alexa Stirling](/source/Alexa_Stirling), he toured the country during [World War I](/source/World_War_I) to raise funds for the [Red Cross](/source/American_Red_Cross) to assist in the war effort. Adair also played often with [James Edgar](/source/James_Douglas_Edgar) and [Willie Ogg](/source/Willie_Ogg) in matches held at [Druid Hills Golf Club](/source/Druid_Hills_Golf_Club) and elsewhere in the Atlanta area.[1]

## Golf career

During World War I, Adair and fellow golfers [Bobby Jones](/source/Bobby_Jones_(golfer)) and [Alexa Stirling](/source/Alexa_Stirling) toured the country as "The Dixie Kids", playing golf in fundraisers to benefit the Red Cross.[2] Adair won the 1914 East Lake Country Club Championship, the 1921 and 1923 [Southern Amateur](/source/Southern_Amateur) and 1922 Georgia Amateur.

His father, [George W. Adair, Jr.](/source/George_W._Adair,_Jr.), was known as the father of golf in Atlanta and was instrumental in the building of [East Lake Golf Club](/source/East_Lake_Golf_Club).

Adair was a member of the 1920 United States Olympic golf team. The event was cancelled from the Olympic program that year due to lack of funding.[3]

## Death and legacy

Adair died on May 30, 1953.[4][5] He is best known for his association with Bobby Jones and for winning the 1921 and 1923 [Southern Amateur](/source/Southern_Amateur) and 1922 Georgia Amateur championships.

He was inducted into the [Georgia Tech](/source/Georgia_Tech) Hall of Fame in 1973 and the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame in 1989.[6]

## Amateur wins

*Note: This list may be incomplete.*

- 1921 [Southern Amateur](/source/Southern_Amateur)
- 1922 Georgia Amateur[7]
- 1923 [Southern Amateur](/source/Southern_Amateur)

## References

1. Eubanks, Steve (2010). [*To Win and Die in Dixie: The Birth of the Modern Golf Swing and the Mysterious Death of its Creator*](https://books.google.com/books?id=3TDKeGZiJh0C&pg=PA120). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-345-51081-5. – via Google Books.

1. ["American Champion Alexa Stirling was a childhood friend of Bobby Jones"](http://golfhistoryapp.com/2013/09/american-champion-alexa-stirling-was-a-childhood-friend-of-bobby-jones-2/). Golf History with Peter Alliss. September 27, 2013.

1. ["Wiedmer: Chattanooga's Polly Boyd was on last U.S. Olympic golf team selected"](https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/columns/story/2016/aug/14/wiedmer-our-citys-polly-boyd-wlast-us-olympic/381114/). *timesfreepress.com*. 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2019-10-04.

1. ["News Of The Alumni: 1913"](http://issuu.com/gtalumni/docs/1953_32_1/22). *The Georgia Tech Alumnus*. September–October 1953. p. 24.

1. "Golfer O.P. Adair Dies In Atlanta". *[The Delta Democrat-Times](/source/The_Delta_Democrat-Times)*. United Press. May 31, 1953. p. 8.

1. ["Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Member: Perry Adair"](http://www.gghof.org/index.php/members/detail/perry_adair). Georgia Golf Hall of Fame.

1. ["Perry Adair"](https://www.gsga.org/hall-of-fame/members/perry_adair). *Georgia State Golf Association*. Retrieved 2019-10-04.

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