CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Callaway Golf (NYSE: ELY) earned
its 33rd international golf ball win Saturday when Lorie Kane won the LPGA
Takefuji Classic with a "Rule 35(TM)" Firmfeel(TM) (red logo) ball. Callaway
Golf Staff Professional Annika Sorenstam used the "Rule 35" Softfeel(TM) (blue
logo) ball to finish second at the event. Overall, Callaway Golf was the
No. 2 ball brand in play at the event and is No. 2 year-to-date in golf ball
usage on the LPGA Tour.
Kane shot a 6-under-par 66 in the final round to earn a two-stroke victory
over Sorenstam. This is the fourth win for Kane over the last seven months
-- all with a Callaway Golf ball. Kane also used 12 Callaway Golf(R) clubs,
including a Hawk Eye(R) Pro Series Titanium Driver, Steelhead Plus(TM) Fairway
Woods, Steelhead(R) X-14(R) Irons and a new Odyssey(R) TriHot(TM) 2 Putter.
Sorenstam birdied the final three holes at the Kona Country Club to finish
solo second in her first tournament of the year. She used 12 Callaway Golf
clubs, including a new Hawk Eye VFT(TM) Pro Series Titanium Driver, Steelhead
Plus Fairway Woods, Steelhead X-14 Irons and an Odyssey Dual Force(R)
Rossie(R) 2 Putter. Callaway Golf Staff Professional Emilee Klein also
finished in the top 10 at the event using 12 Callaway Golf clubs, including a
Hawk Eye VFT Titanium Driver, a Hawk Eye VFT Titanium 3-wood, Steelhead Plus
Fairway Woods, Steelhead X-14 Pro Series Irons and a new Odyssey White Hot(TM)
8 Putter. Klein also used a "Rule 35" Firmfeel ball.
The top four finishers at the Takefuji Classic used Odyssey Putters, while
the top three all relied on Callaway Golf titanium drivers. Callaway Golf was
the leader in the Darrell Survey usage numbers for drivers, fairway woods,
irons and putters at the event.
Callaway Golf was also victorious on the Senior PGA Tour, where the winner
of the ACE Group Classic used a Callaway Golf fairway wood in his victory.
Two of the top three finishers at the event used "Rule 35" Firmfeel balls,
including Callaway Golf Staff Professional Stewart Ginn. Ginn finished third
using 12 Callaway Golf clubs, including a Hawk Eye VFT Titanium Driver, Big
Bertha Steelhead and Steelhead Plus Fairway Woods, Steelhead X-14 Irons and an
Odyssey Rossie 1 Putter. Callaway Golf was the No. 1 brand in driver, fairway
woods, irons and putters usage and No. 2 in golf ball usage at the event.
Callaway Golf also had strong usage numbers for the ERC(TM) II Forged
Titanium Driver on the PGA European Tour last week. Callaway Golf led the
driver count at the Greg Norman Holden International with 64 total drivers in
play, and the Company also led in fairway woods and putters at the event while
finishing tied for second in the golf ball count. A total of 22 players teed
it up with an ERC II Forged Titanium Driver -- including Callaway Golf Staff
Professional Phillip Price, who finished tied for eighth using the driver and
a "Rule 35" Softfeel ball. Another 23 players at the event used the Hawk Eye
VFT Titanium Driver, with an additional four players using the Hawk Eye VFT
Pro Series Titanium Driver.
Callaway Golf Company makes and sells Big Bertha(R) Metal Woods and Irons,
including Big Bertha ERC(TM) II Forged Titanium Drivers, Big Bertha Hawk
Eye(R) VFT(TM) and Big Bertha Hawk Eye VFT Pro Series Titanium Drivers and
Fairway Woods, Big Bertha Steelhead Plus(TM) Stainless Steel Drivers and
Fairway Woods, Hawk Eye Tungsten Injected(TM) Titanium Irons, Steelhead(R)
X-14(R) and Steelhead X-14 Pro Series Stainless Steel Irons. Callaway Golf
Company also makes and sells Odyssey(R) Putters, including White Hot(TM),
TriHot(TM), and Dual Force(R) Putters. Callaway Golf Company makes and sells
the Callaway Golf(R) "Rule 35(TM)" Firmfeel(TM) and Softfeel(TM) golf balls,
and the CB1(TM) Red golf ball. For more information about Callaway Golf
Company, please visit our Web sites at http://www.callawaygolf.com,
http://www.callawaygolfball.com and http://www.odysseygolf.com.
SOURCE Callaway Golf Company
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