Callaway Golf Records Another Tour Win with New Prototype
Golf Ball; Odyssey DFX 2-Ball
Blade Putter Also Rolls to Victory
CARLSBAD, Calif.-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sept. 22, 2003 -- The new prototype
golf ball from Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) has recorded its second
professional tour victory. The winner of the ANA Open at the Sapporo
Golf Club on the Japan Golf Tour won with the prototype golf ball, which
Callaway Golf has been testing on the world's professional tours over
the past several weeks. The Company has not determined when this new
golf ball will be introduced to the public, and testing will continue
with tour players and average golfers alike.
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winner of the ANA Open finished at 11-under-par 277 for a one-stroke
victory, his first win on the Japan Golf Tour this year. The Taiwanese
golfer was one of 95 players to use Callaway Golf's prototype ball on
one of the five major professional tours this past week. Remarkably,
despite limited availability, the new ball already accounts for 14.7
percent of all golf balls in play on the combined five pro tours that
held events this past week.
The winner of the ANA Open also used 11 Callaway Golf(R) clubs in his
victory, including a Great Big Bertha(R) II Titanium Driver, Big Bertha(R)
Steelhead(R) III Strong 3-wood and a set of Callaway Golf irons. This
marks the 22nd victory for golfers using Great Big Bertha II Titanium
Drivers across the world's six major professional tours this season.
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Callaway Golf equipment was also used to win the SAS Championship on
the Champions Tour. The first-time senior winner used an Odyssey(R)
DFX(TM) 2-Ball Blade Putter to finish eagle-birdie and post a one-stroke
victory at Prestonwood Country Club. The winner needed just 25 putts
during his final-round 66, including his 9-foot eagle putt on 17 and
a 14-footer on 18 to clinch the title. Odyssey Golf was the No. 1 putter
brand at the event by a wide margin, as a total of 43 players in the
81-man field at the SAS Championship used Odyssey Putters - including
23 who used Odyssey 2-Ball Putters. Odyssey Golf is the No. 1 putter
brand across the world's six major professional tours combined this
season with 36.6 percent usage, compared with 24.4 percent for the nearest
competitor.
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