SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Yang Thomas (Last) (First) (Middle) 2180 RUTHERFORD ROAD (Street) CARLSBAD CA 92008 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/20/2006	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CALLAWAY GOLF CO /CA [ ELY ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Sr. V.P., International	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
No securities are beneficially owned	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

	Brian P. Lynch Attorney-in-Fact for Thomas Yang under a Limited Power of Attorney dated July 17, 2006	07/20/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes,
designates and appoints each of Steven C. McCracken, Michael J. Rider and Brian
P. Lynch, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full
power to act without the others on behalf of and as attorney for the
undersigned, for the following purposes:

1.  to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Callaway Golf Company (the "Company"),
any forms or documents required or permitted in accordance with Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, as the same may
now exist or hereafter be amended, including Securities and Exchange Commission
Forms 3, 4 and 5;

2.  to do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such forms or
documents or any amendment or amendments thereto, and to file such forms or
documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and

3.  to take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the forms or documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute
or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited
Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, this Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file such forms
or documents with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to
be executed effective as of July 17, 2006.

/s/ Thomas Yang
Thomas Yang