Dramatic PGA Tour Win for Dual Force(R) 380 /

Odyssey(R) is No. 1 at PGA Seniors' Championship CARLSBAD, Calif. (PROTEXT) - The winner of the PGA Tour MCIClassic used a putter made by Odyssey Golf, a division ofCallaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY), to sink a dramatic 35-footbirdie putt on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff atHarbour Town Golf Links. The winner used an Odyssey Dual Force330 putter with the company's patented Stronomic insert to claimhis first career PGA Tour victory, $450,000, to move into the top20 on the PGA Tour money list. Meanwhile, Odyssey putters were the No. 1 putter at the PGASeniors' Championship in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. A total of 52competitors at the second major championship of the Senior PGATour season used Odyssey putters, compared to 23 for the nearestcompetitor, Never Compromise. Odyssey putters have been the most-played putter on the Senior PGA Tour in 1999, with 27.5 percentof the putter count, according to the Darrell Survey. Overall, Odyssey putters are also the most-played putters onthe world's five major tours combined, according to the DarrellSurvey. Through April 18, 1999, Odyssey had accounted for 26.1percent of the putters put in play on the PGA, Senior PGA, LPGA,NIKE and PGA European tours. Carlsbad-based Odyssey Golf Inc., a division of Callaway GolfCompany, produces the Dual Force Putter line, Dual Force Wedgeline, and the new TriForce(TM) putter line. For more information,please contact Odyssey Golf Inc., 2285 Rutherford Road, Carlsbad,CA 92008-8815, or visit the Company's World Wide Web site atwww.odysseygolf.com. ots Original Text Service: Odyssey GolfInternet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Jim Grundberg ofOdyssey Golf, 760-931-1771 Web site: http://www.odysseygolf.com

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