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Line 1: {{short description\|Golf inventor}} {{AFC submission\|d\|reason\|3=Information in this article already exists in [[TaylorMade-Adidas]]. If the article was expanded more about him, then it would qualify. The article on him is worth adding to the TaylorMade article, since is does have a bit about the company.\|declinets=20130607192222\|decliner=LionMans Account\|ts=20130523215522\|u=Tychay\|ns=5}} {{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 name=Golf Today>~~<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 = [[~~Palo Alto~~Carlsbad, California\|~~Palo Alto~~Carlsbad]], California, U.S. ~~\| death_cause = Cancer~~ \| nationality = American \| occupation = Founder [[TaylorMade~~-Adidas~~]], Founder McHenry Metals, Founder Founders Club }} '''Gary Adams''' was aan ~~notable~~American salesman, founder of [[TaylorMade-Adidas\|TaylorMade Golf]], Founders Club, McHenry Metals, and nominal [[Invention\|inventor]] of the modern "metal [[~~Wood_~~Wood (golf)\|wood]]." 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~~ 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>~~http~~{{Cite web\|url=https://www.golflink.com/about_5029_taylormade-golf-history.html\|title=TaylorMade Golf History\|first=Mike\|last=Camunas\|website=GolfLink}}</ref> He was awarded the [[National Golf Association]] man of the year in 1984. He was awarded the [[Professional Golfers' Association of America \|PGA]] Ernie Sabayrac award in ~~1985~~1995 for his contribution to golf.<ref name=CDGA>{{cite web\|last=Nichols\|first=Bill\|title=Heavy Mettle\|url=http://www.cdga.org/pdf/Aug09Adams.pdf\|work=Magazine Article\|publisher=Chicago District Golfer\|accessdate=13 July 2013\|~~month~~date=August~~\|year=~~ 2009}}</ref> == References == ~~{{reflist}}~~ {{Reflist}} == External links == * {{Find a Grave\|98659686}} * [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98659686\| gravesite (FindAGrave)] <!-- This will add a notice to the bottom of the page and won't blank it! The new template which says that your draft is waiting for a review will appear at the bottom; simply ignore the old (grey) drafted templates and the old (red) decline templates. A bot will update your article submission. Until then, please don't change anything in this text box. Just press "Save page". --> {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Gary}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2000 deaths]] [[Category:Golf equipment manufacturers]] [[Category:Sporting goods manufacturers of the United States]] [[Category:American sports businesspeople]] [[Category:American company founders]] [[Category:20th-century American businesspeople]] [[Category:20th-century American inventors]] {{US-business-bio-1940s-stub}}