CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The positive response of touring
professionals to the Callaway Golf (NYSE: ELY) Big Bertha(R) ERC(TM) II Forged
Titanium Driver on the PGA European Tour continues each week. At the tour's
most recent tournament -- the Caltrex Singapore Masters -- 37 players used an
ERC II Forged Titanium Driver -- the highest usage number for ERC II since it
was introduced to international tour professionals in late 2000.
More than one-quarter of the field used an ERC II Forged Titanium Driver,
making it the most-played driver model at the event. The 37 ERC II Forged
Titanium Drivers in play at the Caltrex Singapore Masters easily eclipsed the
total driver count of the nearest competitor at the event, which was 30,
according to Sports Marketing Surveys, Ltd. Overall, Callaway Golf led the
driver count at the event with 54 drivers in play.
Among the players at Caltrex Singapore Masters to use an ERC II Forged
Titanium Driver were the event's second-place finisher and Callaway Golf Staff
Professional Prayad Marksaeng, who finished ninth using an ERC II Forged
Titanium Driver among his 12 Callaway Golf(R) clubs. Marksaeng also used a
Big Bertha Steelhead(TM) 3-wood, a Steelhead Plus(TM) 5-wood, Big Bertha
X-12(R) Pro Series Irons and an Odyssey(R) White Hot(TM) 7 Putter, along with
the Callaway Golf "Rule 35(TM)" Softfeel(TM) (blue logo) ball. Callaway Golf
Staff Professional Colin Montgomerie used a Big Bertha Hawk Eye(R) VFT(TM) Pro
Series Titanium Driver to finish tied for third after shooting four rounds in
the 60s. Montgomerie, who had won the previous week's Ericsson Masters, used
11 Callaway Golf clubs in Singapore, including a Big Bertha Steelhead 3-wood,
Steelhead X-14(R) Pro Series Irons and the new Odyssey TriHot(TM) 3 Putter.
Montgomerie also used the "Rule 35" Softfeel ball. The winner of the Caltrex
Singapore Masters also used a Big Bertha Steelhead Fairway Wood to win his
second consecutive tour event.
Callaway Golf also played a part in three other international tour
victories yesterday. At the Nissan Open, the winner of the largest playoff in
PGA Tour history hit a dramatic shot with a Callaway Golf 3-wood on the first
hole of sudden death to set up the winning birdie. The winner of the
Australasian Tour Championship used a Callaway Golf "Rule 35" Firmfeel(TM)
(red logo) ball, marking the 36th international win for the Callaway Golf ball
since the beginning of the 2000 season. The winner of the Mexico Senior
Classic earned the first victory of his Senior PGA Tour career using while
using an Odyssey Dual Force(R) Rossie(R) 2 Bronze Putter. And five of the six
players involved in the sudden death playoff at the Nissan Open on the PGA
Tour had Callaway Golf product in their bags.
Odyssey Putters dominated the leaderboard at the Mexico Senior Classic.
Eight of the top 13 finishers -- including four of the top five -- used
Odyssey Putters. That includes Jim Colbert, who used an Odyssey White
Hot 5 Putter to tie the course record with a second-round 62 en route to a tie
for second, and Stewart Ginn, who finished tied for 10th using the new Odyssey
TriHot 3 Putter.
Callaway Golf posted remarkable usage numbers on the Senior PGA and PGA
European tours again last week. Callaway Golf was No. 1 in driver, fairway
woods, irons and putter usage, and also No. 2 in golf ball usage, on those two
tours.
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(TM)
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 Red(TM) 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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