Gary Adams was a notable salesman, founder of
TaylorMade Golf
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, Founders Club, McHenry Metals, and nominal
inventor
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of the modern "metal
wood
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After leaving college, he started working as a golf salesman. He observed new golf balls worked well with irons, but not wood clubs, so he started tinkering to create a metal driver. In 1979, Gary Adams borrowed $24,000 on his house and leased a 6,000 square foot building in
McHenry, Illinois
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to found TaylorMade Golf. He originally had three employees and sold only one item, his newly invented 12-degree loft metalwood.
He was awarded the
National Golf Association man of the year in 1984. He was awarded the
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Ernie Sabayrac award in 1995 for his contribution to golf.
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1943 births
2000 deaths
Golf in the United States
Golf equipment manufacturers
Sporting goods manufacturers of the United States
American sports businesspeople
American company founders
20th-century American businesspeople
20th-century American inventors
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