Good Good Golf CEO and president exit after ad backlash

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Good Good Golf CEO Matt Kendrick and president Joe Flannery have left the company less than two weeks after an ad criticized for making light of violence against women was posted and deleted. Chief operating officer Alex Puchala announced the departures in an internal memo, without mentioning the controversial ad for the Callaway Quantum Driver. Kendrick, a co-founder, said he did not see the video before it was posted, while Flannery's first day was the day it dropped. The ad showed co-founder Garrett Clark shoving a woman to the ground, prompting apologies from Good Good and Callaway, which cut ties and committed $1 million to violence prevention. Co-founder Nahid Giga will serve as interim CEO, and Clark remains with the company.


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