Callaway Golf Staff Professionals Colin Montgomerie and
24.08.1999, 12:36
Rosie Jones Add to their Tour Victory Totals Carlsbad, Calif. (PROTEXT) - In another multiple-win weekendfor Callaway Golf (NYSE: ELY) on the pro tours, StaffProfessionals Colin Montgomerie and Rosie Jones each earnedsignificant victories over the weekend. Montgomerie continued hisdominance of the PGA European Tour with a three-stroke win at theBMW International Open in Germany -- his fifth victory of 1999.Meanwhile, Jones won a three-way playoff at the Firstar LPGAClassic in Ohio, extending to five consecutive years her streakof at least one annual LPGA Tour victory. Montgomerie used 11 Callaway Golf(R) clubs in this, his 22ndPGA European Tour victory, including a Great Big Bertha(R) HawkEye(R) Titanium Driver, Big Bertha(R) Steelhead(TM) 3-wood andBig Bertha(R) X-12(R) Irons. The win virtually clinched a record-breaking seventh consecutive Volvo Order of Merit title forMontgomerie. Montgomerie's nearest challenger at the BMWInternational Open used two Callaway Golf titanium fairway woods-- including a Great Big Bertha Hawk Eye 4-wood -- in hissuccessful attempt to earn a spot on the European Ryder Cup team. Montgomerie is the European Ryder Cup team's No.1 player.Callaway Staff Professional Jesper Parnevik also was named to theteam as a captain's pick for the biennial matches Sept. 24-26. Jones outlasted two competitors in a four-hole playoff to winher 10th LPGA Tour title. She used 12 Callaway Golf clubs,including a Callaway Golf titanium driver, Big Bertha Steelhead3-wood, 5-wood-, 7-wood and 9-wood, and Big Bertha X-12 Irons.The other two competitors in the sudden-death playoff also useddrivers made by Callaway Golf. The final golfer defeated by Jonesin the playoff used a Great Big Bertha Hawk Eye Titanium Driverand four Great Big Bertha Hawk Eye Fairway Woods. In all, 11 ofthe top 13 finishers at the Firstar LPGA Classic used driversmade by Callaway Golf. A pair of Callaway Golf Staff Professionals also notchedthird-place finishes at tour events over the weekend. StephenAmes finished third at the PGA Tour Sprint International whileusing 13 Callaway Golf clubs, including a Great Big Bertha HawkEye Titanium Driver, Big Bertha Steelhead 3-wood and Big BerthaX-12 Irons and Wedges. And David Graham finished tied for thirdat the Senior PGA Tour BankBoston Classic using 13 Callaway Golfclubs, including a Callaway Golf titanium driver, Big BerthaSteelhead 4-wood and Big Bertha X-12 Irons and Wedges. The professional tours weren't the only place Callaway Golfclubs found success over the weekend. The winner of the 1999 U.S.Amateur used a Big Bertha Steelhead 3-wood and a Big Bertha X-122-iron in his 9-and-8 victory in the finals. Callaway Golfdrivers and fairway woods were the No. 1 choice of the field atPebble Beach Golf Links for this year's U.S. Amateur. Accordingto the Darrell Survey Company, 40.7 percent of the drivers put inplay at the event were made by Callaway Golf, compared to 32.1percent for the nearest competitor. And 55.8 percent of thefairway woods put in play were made by Callaway Golf, compared to11.4 percent for the nearest competitor. For more information about Callaway Golf Company, please visitthe company's website at www.callawaygolf.com. For more information about Odyssey Golf, please visit thecompany's website 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 (USA) 760-931-1771 Web site: http://www.odysseygolf.com Web site:http://www.callawaygolf.com
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