Annika Sorenstam Highlights Two-Win Weekend for Odyssey Putters / LPGA, Senior PGA Tour Events Won With Dual Force Models

CARLSBAD, Calif. (PROTEXT) - Odyssey(R) Dual Force(R) Putters notched a pair of tour victories over the weekend as the choice of winners on both the Senior PGA and LPGA tours. Odyssey Golf, a division of Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY), has now tallied 33 victories on the world's five major professional tours in 1999. Annika Sorenstam won the New Albany Golf Classic using an Odyssey Dual Force Rossie 2 Putter for her second victory of the LPGA Tour season. Sorenstam birdied four of the final seven holes to clinch the win. Emilee Klein used an Odyssey TriForce(R) 1 Putter to finish third at the event. According to the Darrell Survey Company, Odyssey Putters were the most-played putters at the New Albany Golf Classic. On the Senior PGA Tour, the winner of the Vantage Championship used an Odyssey Dual Force 554 Putter to become the 11th first- time winner on the senior tour this year. He shot 15-under par over three rounds to earn the victory. Bruce Fleisher finished in second place using an Odyssey Dual Force 664 Putter. Fleisher regained his position atop the senior money list with the second- place finish. According to the Darrell Survey Company, Odyssey Putters were the most-played putters at the Vantage Championship. Through Oct. 3, Odyssey Putters are the most-played putters on the world's five major professional tours combined in 1999. According to the Darrell Survey Company and Sports Marketing Survey, Ltd., 29.1 percent of all putters used on the PGA, Senior PGA, LPGA, NIKE and PGA European tours combined this year have been Odyssey Putters, compared with 22.1 percent for the nearest competitor. Carlsbad-based Odyssey Golf, a division of Callaway Golf Company, produces the Dual Force Putter line, Dual Force Wedge line, and the new TriForce(TM) putter line. For more information, please contact Odyssey Golf, 2285 Rutherford Road, Carlsbad, CA 92008-8815, or visit Odyssey Golf's World Wide Web site at www.odysseygolf.com. ots Original Text Service: Odyssey Golf Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: James L. Bosworth, Jr., for Odyssey Golf, 760-931-1771 Web site: http://www.odysseygolf.com Subscribers please note that material bearing the slug "PROTEXT" is not part of CTK's news service and is not to be published under the "CTK" slug. Protext is a commercial service providing distribution of press releases from clients, who are identified in the text of Protext reports and who bear full responsibility for their contents. PROTEXT