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{{short description|Golf inventor}}
{{about|the inventor and salesman|the president and CEO of CMAI|Gary K. Adams|the baseball coach|Gary Adams (baseball)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Gary Adams
| 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 = [[
| nationality = American
| occupation = Founder [[TaylorMade
}}
'''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.
He was awarded the [[National Golf Association]] man of the year in 1984. He was awarded the [[Professional Golfers' Association of America
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Find a Grave|98659686}}
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