Callaway Golf Declares First Quarter Dividend

May 2, 2001 at 12:00 AM EDT

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CARLSBAD, Calif., May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY - news) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a dividend for the first quarter of 2001 of $.07 per share, payable June 5, 2001 to shareholders of record as of May 15, 2001.

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