CARLSBAD, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Callaway Golf (NYSE: ELY) recorded its 42nd golf ball victory across the world's six major professional tours this year as Padraig Harrington used a Rule 35(R) Firmfeel(TM) ball to win the Volvo Masters yesterday. Harrington earned a one-stroke triumph at the PGA European Tour's season-ending event, vaulting him to second on the final Volvo Order of Merit list.

Callaway Golf is second among all golf ball manufacturers in victories on the world's six major professional tours combined this year. Callaway Golf's 42 wins across the PGA, Senior PGA, LPGA, Buy.com, PGA European and Japan Golf tours is more than double the number of victories of its two nearest competitors, Bridgestone and Nike, with 20 wins each.

This is the fourth consecutive week that the new Odyssey(R) White Hot(R) "2-Ball" Putter has been used to win a professional tour event. There were six "2-Ball" Putters in play at the Volvo Masters. Callaway Golf Staff Professional Annika Sorenstam won the previous two weeks using the putter, while Callaway Golf Staff Professional Paul Lawrie was victorious with the putter one month ago at the Dunhill Links Championship.

Harrington has had an excellent 2001 season using Callaway Golf(R) balls, leading the PGA European Tour in scoring average at 69.23 strokes per round and in putts per greens hit in regulation at 1.723. He also tied for the lead in greens hit in regulation at 77.1 percent. Callaway Golf Staff Professional Seve Ballesteros also finished atop a European statistical category, leading the tour in putts per round with an average of 27.9 using his Odyssey TriHot(TM) Putter.

Callaway Golf Staff Professionals Colin Montgomerie and Tony Johnstone finished tied for seventh at the Volvo Masters using the Company's new CTU 30(TM) golf balls. Montgomerie used the CTU 30 Red ball and 11 Callaway Golf clubs, including a Big Bertha(R) Hawk Eye(R) VFT(R) Pro Series Titanium Driver, Big Bertha Steelhead(TM) 3-wood, Steelhead X-14(R) Pro Series Irons and an Odyssey White Hot "2-Ball" Putter. Johnstone used the CTU 30 Blue model and 12 Callaway Golf clubs, including a Big Bertha ERC(R) II Forged Titanium Driver, Hawk Eye VFT Pro Series Titanium 3-wood, Steelhead Plus(R) 5-wood, Steelhead X-14 Irons and an Odyssey Dual Force(R) 440 Putter.

In Japan, the winner of the Dunlop Phoenix tournament used a Steelhead Plus 4-wood in his playoff victory. Callaway Golf Staff Professional Dean Wilson finished tied for fifth just one week after winning the Ube Kosan Open for his third Japan Golf Tour win of the season. Wilson used 12 Callaway Golf clubs at the Dunlop Phoenix, including an ERC II Forged Titanium Driver, Big Bertha Steelhead Strong 4-wood and 5-wood, Steelhead X-14 Pro Series Irons and an Odyssey White Hot 5 Putter. Wilson also used the CTU 30 Red ball. He stands in second place on the Japan Golf Tour order of merit.

Callaway Golf Company makes and sells Big Bertha(R) Metal Woods and Irons, including Big Bertha ERC(R) II Forged Titanium Drivers, Big Bertha Hawk Eye(R) VFT(R) 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(R), TriHot(TM), and Dual Force(R) Putters. Callaway Golf Company makes and sells the Callaway Golf(R) HX(TM) Red and HX Blue balls, Rule 35(R) Firmfeel(TM) and Softfeel(TM) balls, the CTU 30(TM) Red and CTU 30 Blue balls, and the CB1(TM) Red and CB1 Blue balls. For more information about Callaway Golf Company, please visit our Web sites at www.callawaygolf.com and www.odysseygolf.com.

SOURCE Callaway Golf Company

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