Meet the brand new hosts of GOLF’s Absolutely Outfitted

You could have observed there’s a contemporary face (extra particularly a contemporary accent) on GOLF’s Absolutely 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 Knowledge.

Now Kris is joined by a brand new face to the Absolutely Outfitted pod, Wadeh Maroun, the president of GOLF’s sister firm Fairway Jockey.

This week, the 2 determined to offer you a short introduction to themselves and the way they obtained to the place they’re within the golf business.

Wadeh Maroun: President, Fairway Jockey

Wadeh is the latest face (and accent) on the pod and on this week’s episode, he shared of the small print of his background and the way he ended up at Fairway Jockey.

When you can’t inform, Wadeh was initially born and raised in Melbourne, Australia and didn’t come to the US to reside 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 aspect of the nation to the opposite and alongside that means, I met my now spouse,” he mentioned.

Wadeh ultimately 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 referred to as Full Script.

He lastly obtained into golf when he was approached by a headhunter for a job at PXG to guide their digital advertising earlier than ultimately touchdown at Fairway Jockey two years later.

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“I didn’t wish to depart PXG,” he mentioned. “This was only a actually nice alternative for me and my household.”

Kirs McCormack: Head of ClubTest and Gear Knowledge, GOLF

Kris, generally often known as the “Cereal Killer” (extra on that in a second), has been on the Absolutely Outfitted podcast since January 2021, however that was as True Spec’s VP of Tour and Schooling.

Kris is an professional 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 sort of helps to bridge the hole that we’ve had, bringing a few of our sister [8AM Golf] firms collectively.”

You could 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 prepare 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.

Try the complete episode of GOLF’s Absolutely Outfitted to be taught extra about Kris and Wadeh and keep as they reveal what they’re enjoying of their golf luggage.

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Jack Hirsh

Golf.com Editor

Jack Hirsh is the affiliate gear editor at GOLF. A Pennsylvania native, Jack is a 2020 graduate of Penn State College, incomes levels in broadcast journalism and political science. He was captain of his highschool golf crew and not too long ago returned to this system to function head coach. Jack additionally nonetheless *tries* to stay aggressive in native amateurs. Earlier than becoming a member of GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as a Multimedia Journalist/reporter, but in addition producing, anchoring and even presenting the climate. He might be reached at jack.hirsh@golf.com.