CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2003--Callaway Golf (NYSE: ELY) Ball Staff Professional Lian-Wei Zhang used the HX(R) Blue golf ball to achieve two lofty goals this past week. Not only did he become the first Chinese golfer to win a PGA European Tour event, but he also became the first golfer to beat Ernie Els in 2003. Zhang overcame a two-shot deficit in the final round to rally past Els and win the Caltex Masters in Singapore.

Zhang faced long odds as he stood on the final tee one stroke behind Els, his playing partner. Els had won his last three events, including the first two PGA Tour events of this year. But Zhang bombed an aggressive drive and hit a 9-iron approach to four feet with his HX Blue golf ball. Els struggled to make bogey, and Zhang calmly rolled in his birdie putt for the win.

Callaway Golf Staff Professional Prayad Marksaeng finished third behind Els using 12 Callaway Golf(R) clubs and the CTU 30(R) Blue golf ball. Marksaeng used a Great Big Bertha(R) II Pro Series Titanium Driver, a Steelhead(TM) III 3-wood, Steelhead X-14(TM) Pro Series Irons and an Odyssey(R) White Hot(R) 2-Ball Putter. Over six events this season, the Great Big Bertha II Titanium Driver is the most-played driver on the PGA European Tour.

Callaway Golf Company makes and sells Big Bertha(R) Metal Woods and Irons, including Great Big Bertha(R) II Titanium Drivers and Fairway Woods, Big Bertha Steelhead(TM) III Stainless Steel Drivers and Fairway Woods, Hawk Eye VFT Tungsten Injected(TM) Titanium Irons, Big Bertha Stainless Steel Irons, Steelhead X-16(TM) and Steelhead X-16 Pro Series Stainless Steel Irons, and Callaway Golf Forged Wedges. Callaway Golf Company also makes and sells Odyssey(R) Putters, including White Hot(R), TriHot(R), DFX(TM) and Dual Force(R) Putters. Callaway Golf Company makes and sells the Callaway Golf(R) HX(R) Blue and HX Red balls, the CTU 30(R) Blue and CTU 30 Red balls, the HX 2-Piece Blue and HX 2-Piece Red balls, the CB1(R) Blue and CB1 Red balls, and the Warbird(TM) golf balls. For more information about Callaway Golf Company, please visit our Web sites at www.callawaygolf.com and www.odysseygolf.com.

 

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