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| birth_name = Gary Vale Adams
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|7|24|mf=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|1|2|1943|7|24|mf=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title="Father of the Metal Wood", Gary Adams, dies|url=http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news99/adams.html|work=Obituary|publisher=Golf Today|accessdate=13 July 2013|archive-date=20 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120202751/http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news99/adams.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Carlsbad, California|Carlsbad]], California, U.S.
| nationality = American
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'''Gary Adams''' was
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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stinton|first=Mike|title=Keeping His Dream Alive: Gary Adams, Father of the Metal Wood|url=http://www.publinksgolfer.net/articles/40/1/Keeping-His-Dream-Alive:-Gary-Adams,-Father-of-the-Metal-Wood/Page1.html|work=Magazine article|publisher=Golfing Magazine|accessdate=13 July 2013}}</ref> In 1979, Gary Adams borrowed $24,000 on his house and leased a 6,000 square foot building in [[McHenry, Illinois]] to found TaylorMade Golf. He originally had three employees and sold only one item, his newly invented 12-degree loft metalwood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.golflink.com/about_5029_taylormade-golf-history.html|title=TaylorMade Golf History|first=Mike|last=Camunas|website=GolfLink}}</ref>
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