industry golf founded 1991 founder barney adams defunct 2012 headquarters plano texas usa products golf clubs owner adidas parent taylormade adidas slogan 1 hybrids on tour website www.adamsgolf.com adams golf inc. is a golf club manufacturer based in plano texas . in 1983 barney adams joined dave pelz golf in abilene texas . when pelz s preceptor golf went bankrupt in 1988 adams bought the assets and started adams golf . he moved the company to dallas texas in 1991 . adams golf initially specialized in custom fitted golf clubs initially becoming associated with hank haney setting up a club fitting and repair shop at the hank haney golf ranch . adams tight lies fairway wood became a commercial success as the result of television infomercial with sportscaster jack whittaker as the host and narrator ; haney then tiger woods coach ; bill rogers british open winner and pga player of the year in 1981 ; and lpga hall of famer carol mann as spokespersons . in 1998 adams golf went public on wall street with an initial public offering underwritten by lehman brothers . barney adams was selected as manufacturing entrepreneur of the year by ernst & young in 1999 . 1 although semi retired since 2000 barney adams retains the title chairman of the board . in 2012 adams golf was acquired by taylormade adidas golf . tour players edit many tour professional have endorsement deals for adams golf and are contracted to use their equipment including the following . pga ernie els aaron baddeley chad campbell robert karlsson steve wheatcroft robert garrigus jeff overton nate smith david howell champions tour michael allen tommy armour iii paul azinger bernhard langer kenny perry dana quigley tom watson lpga tour yani tseng brittany lang brittany lincicome caroline hedwall references edit 1999 manufacturing award winner southwest area north texas arkansas oklahoma region . ernst & young . archived from the original on october 7 2006 . retrieved 2009 07 18 . external links edit adams golf this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title adams golf & oldid 735395722 categories golf equipment manufacturerscompanies based in plano texassporting goods manufacturers of the united statescompanies formerly listed on nasdaqunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 august 2016 at 12 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view