Callaway Golf Staff Professional Pierre Fulke Captures His First European Victory In Dramatic Style

CARLSBAD, Calif. (PROTEXT) - Pierre Fulke became the latestCallaway Golf (NYSE: ELY) Staff Professional to earn his firsttour victory in 1999 with a dramatic PGA European Tour victory atthe Trophee Lancome. Fulke, 28, posted four rounds in the 60s enroute to the biggest payday of his seven years on the Europeantour. Fulke joins fellow Callaway Golf Staff Professionals BruceFleisher (Senior PGA Tour) and Carlos Franco (PGA Tour) inbreaking through to the winner's circle this year. Fulke, who sealed his victory with a birdie putt on the finalgreen, used 12 Callaway Golf(R) clubs in his victory, including aGreat Big Bertha(R) Hawk Eye(R) Titanium Driver, Callaway Golffairway woods and Big Bertha(R) X-12(R) Irons. Drivers made byCallaway Golf have now accounted for 51 wins on the world's fivemajor professional tours this year -- more than any othermanufacturer, according to the Darrell Survey Company and SportsMarketing Surveys, Ltd. One of Fulke's closest pursuers in the final round wasCallaway Golf Staff Professional Colin Montgomerie, who finishedtied for third. Playing in the Trophee Lancome while tuning upfor this week's Ryder Cup Matches, Montgomerie used 11 CallawayGolf clubs, including a Great Big Bertha Hawk Eye TitaniumDriver, Big Bertha(R) Steelhead(TM) 3-wood, and Big Bertha X-12Irons. Montgomerie's high finish -- following two wins and asecond-place finish in his previous three European events -- alsosolidifies his chances for a record-breaking seventh consecutiveVolvo Order of Merit title. Callaway Golf Staff Professional GaryEvans also recorded a top-10 finish at the Trophee Lancome. Other Callaway Golf Staff Professionals posted strong finishesaround the world over the weekend. Stephen Ames shot 12-under-parat the B.C. Open to finish fourth for his second top-10 finish onthe PGA Tour in the last month. Jim Colbert and David Grahamfinished tied for fourth at the Bank One Championship afterposting matching 69s in the final round of the Senior PGA Tourevent. And in Seoul, South Korea, Kyi Hla Han hit every fairwayand green during the final round in his second-place finish atthe Kolon Korean Open to remain atop the Asian PGA DavidoffTour's Order of Merit. For more information about Callaway Golf Company, please visitour website at www.callawaygolf.com. For more information about Odyssey Golf, please visit ourwebsite at www.odysseygolf.com. If you would like to receive Callaway Golf's press releasesvia e-mail in the future, please send your request to:newslist@callawaygolf.com. ots Original Text Service: CallawayGolf Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Larry Dorman,Mike Galeski, or Jamie Taylor, of Callaway Golf, 760-931-1771Web site: http://www.odysseygolf.com Web site:http://www.callawaygolf.com

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