Charles Adams

Charles “Chic” Adams was a notable American golf course architect, best known for designing the Brickyard Golf Club in Macon, Georgia. Built in 1961, the course originally opened as Riverside Golf and Country Club and showcased Adams’s vision for championship golf in central Georgia. His design emphasized natural surroundings and playability, attracting serious golfers and weekend enthusiasts alike. Under Adams’s direction, the course became recognized as one of the finest in the state, earning high rankings and serving as the venue for multiple important tournaments, including the Annual Brickyard Collegiate Golf Championship and USGA Mid Amateur Championship qualifiers. Adams’s contribution to golf course architecture is remembered through the course’s reputation for beauty, challenge, and excellence in the golfing community. His work remains a testament to thoughtful course design and the enduring appeal of classic American golf architecture.