CARLSBAD, Calif., Mar 31, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Drivers made by Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) were used by two of the three professional tournament champions yesterday. That includes the first major championship of the 2003 golf season, the Kraft Nabisco Championship, which was won by a golfer using a Callaway Golf(R) titanium driver. Meanwhile, the Great Big Bertha(R) II Titanium Driver was used to win the Chitimacha Louisiana Open -- the fourth victory for the new drivers across the world's professional tours this season.

The winner of the Kraft Nabisco Championship used her Callaway Golf titanium driver to capture her first major championship, which was also her first LPGA Tour victory. Her 7-under-par 281 left her as one of only eight players to break par at Mission Hills Country Club in Palm Springs. This is the third consecutive year that the Kraft Nabisco Championship has been won using a Callaway Golf driver. The winner of the previous two Kraft Nabisco Championships -- Callaway Golf Staff Professional Annika Sorenstam -- finished one stroke back. Sorenstam used 11 Callaway Golf clubs, including a Great Big Bertha II Pro Series Titanium Driver, Steelhead X-16(TM) Irons and an Odyssey(R) DFX(TM) 2-Ball Putter, along with the HX(R) Red golf ball.

At the Chitimacha Louisiana Open, the winner used his Great Big Bertha II Titanium Driver to post a three-stroke victory. The first-time Nationwide Tour champion averaged 312.8 yards in driving distance for the week using his Great Big Bertha II Titanium Driver, and he tied the tournament scoring record at 24-under-par 264. The winner also used a Steelhead(TM) III Strong 3-wood and 5-wood in his victory, which included rounds of 62 and 64 at Le Triomphe Country Club in Broussard, La.

Callaway Golf's Great Big Bertha II Pro Series Titanium Driver remains the No. 1 driver model across the world's major professional tours combined this year. Great Big Bertha II Pro Series Titanium Drivers have been put in play 802 times across the PGA, Champions, LPGA, Nationwide and PGA European tours combined this year -- more than any other single driver model. Callaway Golf also remains the leader across those combined tours in fairway wood usage, while the Company's Odyssey Golf putter brand is the leader in putter usage.

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 Steelhead(TM) III Stainless Steel Drivers and Fairway Woods, Hawk Eye(R) VFT(R) Tungsten Injected(TM) Titanium Irons, Big Bertha Stainless Steel Irons, Steelhead X-16(TM) and Steelhead X-16 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.

CONTACT:
Callaway Golf Company, Carlsbad
Larry Dorman or Mike Galeski, 760/931-1771