CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 25, 2002--Callaway Golf (NYSE: ELY) Staff Professional Annika Sorenstam's victory at the ADT Championship yesterday completed one of the most dominant seasons by a professional golfer in history. Her victory in the LPGA Tour's season-ending event was Sorenstam's 11th LPGA win of the year and her 13th win in worldwide competition in 2002. During her amazing run, Sorenstam broke or tied 20 tour records -- many of which she already held -- and became the first player to win 11 LPGA Tour events in a year since Mickey Wright won 13 in 1964.

"I'm overwhelmed," said Sorenstam, who has now won 42 times in her LPGA Tour career. "This is more than I could have expected. I feel like I'm walking on clouds. I've always said I loved what I do, but right now I really love what I do."

Firing a closing round 68 for a 13-under-par total at the Trump International Golf Club, Sorenstam finished the season as she began it with a victory. After winning the season-opening LPGA Takefuji Classic, Sorenstam went on to win 13 events in 25 starts. She carded 20 top-10 finishes in her 23 LPGA Tour starts and easily won her fifth Rolex Player of the Year title. Sorenstam's record-shattering year included the following milestones:

• Fifth Vare Trophy with a record scoring average of 68.70. She shaved more than half a stroke off the previous record of

• 69.42, which she set last year.

• Season earnings of $2,863,904 surpassed her record of $2,105,868 set last year.

• Surpassed $11 million in career earnings on the LPGA Tour, the first to do so.

• Jumped from 26th to fourth in driving distance average at 265.6 yards while improving her driving accuracy from 15th to fifth on the tour at 80.3 percent.

• Led the LPGA Tour in greens hit in regulation for the second consecutive year at 79.7 percent.

Sorenstam used 11 Callaway Golf(R) clubs at the ADT Championship, including the new Great Big Bertha(R) II Pro Series Titanium Driver, Steelhead(TM) X-14(R) Irons and an Odyssey(R) White Hot(R) "2-Ball" Putter. Sorenstam also used the HX(R) Red golf ball. Sorenstam has won five times since switching to a Great Big Bertha II Pro Series Titanium Driver in September, and she has relied upon the next-generation aerodynamics of the HX Red golf ball all year long. Sorenstam has been nearly unstoppable since switching to the Odyssey White Hot "2-Ball" Putter near the end of the 2001 season. Since putting the "2-Ball" in her bag, Sorenstam has won 15 of the 28 events in which she's competed. She also improved from 100th in putting average in 2001 to tied for 39th in 2002 by lowering her putting average from 30.38 to 29.66 putts per round.

Sorenstam's nearest pursuer at the ADT Championship was her fellow Callaway Golf Staff Professional Rachel Teske. Teske used 13 Callaway Golf clubs, including a Great Big Bertha II Pro Series Titanium Driver, a Steelhead III Strong 4-wood, new Steelhead X-16(TM) Pro Series Irons, a Callaway Golf Forged Wedge and an Odyssey White Hot "2-Ball" Putter. Teske also used the HX Red golf ball. Five of the top six finishers at the ADT Championship used drivers made by Callaway Golf, and nine of the golfers in the top 10 used at least one piece of Callaway Golf equipment. Callaway Golf led all manufacturers in LPGA Tour wins this year with its drivers (18), irons (14), putters (20) and balls (15). The Company also led the LPGA Tour in usage of drivers, fairway woods, irons and putters in 2002.

Callaway Golf was also instrumental in another pair of tournament victories around the world yesterday. Callaway Golf Ball Staff Professional Padraig Harrington won the BMW Asian Open using the CTU 30(R) Red golf ball. The 15-foot par putt that clinched the title in Taiwan was holed using an Odyssey White Hot "2-Ball" Putter. Callaway Golf was also part of the winning effort at the Japan Golf Tour Dunlop Phoenix event, as the champion used a Steelhead III Strong 4-wood. Callaway Golf was also well represented at the Australian Open, where Callaway Golf Ball Staff Professional Rich Beem tied for second and Callaway Golf Staff Professional Charles Howell III tied for sixth. This is Howell's third consecutive top-10 finish, dating back to the PGA Tour Championship.

Back in the U.S., Callaway Golf Staff Professional Rocco Mediate paired with Callaway Golf Ball Staff Professional Lee Janzen to win the Franklin Templeton Shootout yesterday. The former college teammates at Florida Southern posted a final-round 60 with each using the CTU 30 Red golf ball. Mediate also used a Great Big Bertha II Titanium Driver at the unofficial PGA Tour event.

Callaway Golf Company makes and sells Big Bertha(R) Metal Woods and Irons, including Great Big Bertha(R) II Titanium Drivers and Fairway Woods, Big Bertha C4(TM) Compression Cured Carbon Composite Drivers, Big Bertha ERC(R) II Forged Titanium Drivers, Big Bertha ERC Forged Titanium Fairway Woods, Big Bertha Hawk Eye(R) VFT(R) and Big Bertha Hawk Eye VFT Pro Series Titanium Drivers and Fairway Woods, Big Bertha Steelhead(R) III Stainless Steel Drivers and Fairway Woods, Hawk Eye VFT Tungsten Injected(TM) Titanium Irons, Big Bertha Stainless Steel Irons, Steelhead X-16(TM) and Steelhead X-16 Pro Series Stainless Steel Irons, Steelhead X-14(R) and Steelhead X-14 Pro Series Stainless Steel Irons, and Callaway Golf Forged Wedges. Callaway Golf Company also makes and sells Odyssey(R) Putters, including White Hot(R), TriHot(R), DFX(TM) and Dual Force(R) Putters. Callaway Golf Company makes and sells the Callaway Golf(R) HX(R) Blue and HX Red balls, the CTU 30(R) Blue and CTU 30 Red balls, the HX 2-Piece Blue and HX 2-Piece Red balls, the CB1(R) Blue and CB1 Red balls, and the Warbird(TM) golf balls. For more information about Callaway Golf Company, please visit our Web sites at www.callawaygolf.com and www.odysseygolf.com.

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