Adams Municipal Golf Course

Adams Municipal Golf Course serves the city of Bartlesville in northeastern Oklahoma, designed by Floyd Farley, a regional architect active in the mid-twentieth century who laid out several public courses across Oklahoma and neighboring states. The course provides accessible golf in a community known for its oil industry heritage and as the longtime headquarters of Phillips Petroleum Company. The layout occupies rolling terrain characteristic of the Osage Plains region, where the prairie landscape transitions into the wooded hills of the Ozark plateau. The property features mature trees that frame fairways and define playing corridors, with elevation changes that add variety to what is primarily a straightforward municipal design. Water features come into play on select holes, and the green complexes offer modest undulation suitable for daily-fee play. As a municipal facility, Adams serves a broad cross-section of local golfers and visitors, functioning as both a recreational amenity and an introduction to the game for Bartlesville residents. The course maintains the practical design principles common to mid-century public golf, emphasizing playability and maintainability over championship length or severe hazards. It represents the type of community golf infrastructure that expanded significantly during the postwar era, when municipalities across the United States invested in public courses to meet growing demand for accessible outdoor recreation.