You’ll have seen there’s a contemporary face (extra particularly a contemporary accent) on GOLF’s Totally Outfitted podcast.
Whereas most absolutely geared up listeners already know Kris McCormack, who has been part of the present for practically 4 years, he’s transitioning into a brand new function, leaving his former job at True Spec to affix GOLF full-time as our Head of ClubTest and Gear Information.
Now Kris is joined by a brand new face to the Totally Outfitted pod, Wadeh Maroun, the president of GOLF’s sister firm Fairway Jockey.
This week, the 2 determined to provide you a quick introduction to themselves and the way they obtained to the place they’re within the golf trade.
Wadeh Maroun: President, Fairway Jockey
Wadeh is the most recent face (and accent) on the pod and on this week’s episode, he shared of the main points of his background and the way he ended up at Fairway Jockey.
In case you can’t inform, Wadeh was initially born and raised in Melbourne, Australia and didn’t come to the US to dwell full-time till 2013. He solely got here to the U.S. within the first place in 2010 when he determined to stop his job and go touring when he was 26.
“We purchased a automotive and we drove from one facet of the nation to the opposite and alongside that manner, I met my now spouse,” he mentioned.
Wadeh finally determined to maneuver to Arizona full-time which is when he picked up the sport of golf. However he wasn’t within the golf enterprise but.
First, he labored for PetSmart the place helped the corporate purchase the Chewy model. Then he labored for a complement firm known as Full Script.
He lastly obtained into golf when he was approached by a headhunter for a job at PXG to steer their digital advertising and marketing earlier than finally touchdown at Fairway Jockey two years later.
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“I didn’t need to depart PXG,” he mentioned. “This was only a actually nice alternative for me and my household.”
Kirs McCormack: Head of ClubTest and Gear Information, GOLF
Kris, typically often known as the “Cereal Killer” (extra on that in a second), has been on the Totally Outfitted podcast since January 2021, however that was as True Spec’s VP of Tour and Training.
Kris is an skilled in membership becoming, having spent six years earlier than becoming a member of True Spec in 2018 as a grasp membership becoming skilled.
“I get to create content material. I get to proceed the podcast. I get to get again out on Tour,” Kris mentioned of his new function. ”I get to be extra concerned with gear and releases and dealing with our OEM companions and I get to keep up the connection I’ve with True Spec, work with the fitters that I assist prepare, however then I additionally get to work with Fairway jockey with Miura, with different members from GOLF, and it type of helps to bridge the hole that we’ve had, bringing a few of our sister [8AM Golf] firms collectively.”
You’ll have heard Kris known as the “Cereal Killer” on the podcast and it has no sinister origins. He earned the nickname in faculty as a result of he couldn’t cook dinner and his weight loss program “consisted of all issues cereal.”
Kris additionally identifies as a “Disney grownup” and has what some would possibly describe as an unhealthy obsession with SWAG Golf headcovers.
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Try the total episode of GOLF’s Totally Outfitted to be taught extra about Kris and Wadeh and keep as they reveal what they’re taking part in of their golf baggage.
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