Taylor Made Golf Company Information

Gary Adams started TaylorMade in 1979 in McHenry, Ill., where he leased a 6,000-square-foot facility to run the business. Adams found that a golf ball goes further when it is hit with a metal club face, so he began developing and marketing metal woods.

TaylorMade corporate headquarters are located in Carlsbad, Calif., and Mulgrave, Australia.

TaylorMade is a part of adidas Group, a sports equipment conglomerate that includes adidas, Ashworth Inc. apparel and Reebok brands. The conglomerate has about 33,000 employees worldwide.

TaylorMade sponsors dozens of players on the PGA, LPGA and Senior PGA tours. The roster of players includes Retief Goosen, Sean O'Hair and Sergio Garcia.

In 2008, TaylorMade had 27.3 percent of the market share in the United States for metal wood sales, according to the World Golf website.