Top Golf Instructor David Leadbetter To Participate In Live Internet Chat From Pebble Beach For Callaway Golf

June 13, 2000 at 12:00 AM EDT
CONTACT(S): Larry Dorman, Millie Speirs (760) 931-1771

CARLSBAD, CA., June 13, 2000 – Callaway Golf (NYSE: ELY) is giving golf fans an inside look at this week’s U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Visitors to the company’s Web site - www.callawaygolf.com - will be able to access an exclusive live chat with the famous golf instructor David Leadbetter live from Pebble Beach.

Leadbetter, the world-renowned instructor to two-time U.S. Open winner Ernie Els and other major championship winners, will participate in a live chat on Wednesday, June 14 at 6 p.m. PDT. Leadbetter will be working the practice range at Pebble Beach and he’ll provide his insider’s perspective in the exclusive one-hour live chat. In addition to Leadbetter’s live chat, Callaway Golf Staff Professional Bob Murphy is also filing daily Web diaries from the pre-tournament practice rounds.

Callaway Golf is also giving 35 golfers around the United States the chance to discover Complete Performance™ by becoming lucky winners in the company’s “Rule 35™” Sweepstakes. Golfers can enter the sweepstakes through Callaway Golf’s Web site.

The “Rule 35” Sweepstakes grand prize package is sure to interest golf fans. It includes a replica U.S. Open flag from the 18th hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links, signed by Callaway Golf Staff Professionals Johnny Miller and Bob Murphy, an Odyssey® White Hot™ Putter signed by Miller and Murphy, plus 12 10-packs of Callaway Golf’s new “Rule 35” balls in the winner’s choice of Softfeel™ or Firmfeel™ models.

Five second-prize winners will also receive 12 10-packs of “Rule 35” balls, while the third-prize, a 10-ball package of either Softfeel or Firmfeel “Rule 35” balls, will be awarded to 29 lucky golfers.

No purchase is necessary to enter the Callaway Golf “Rule 35” Sweepstakes. Golfers from the 50 U.S. states can enter through 3 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on June 26, 2000. Complete rules and regulations are available at www.callawaygolf.com.

Callaway Golf Company makes and sells Big Bertha® Metal Woods and Irons, including Great Big Bertha® Hawk Eye® Titanium Metal Woods and Tungsten Injected™ Titanium Irons, Big Bertha® Steelhead Plus™ Stainless Steel Metal Woods and Steelhead™ X-14™ Stainless Steel Irons, and Bobby Jones® and Carlsbad Series™ Putters. Callaway Golf Company also makes and sells Odyssey® Putters, including the White Hot™ and TriForce™ Putters. Callaway Golf Ball Company makes and sells Callaway Golf “Rule 35™” Firmfeel™ and Softfeel™ golf balls. For more information about Callaway Golf Company, please visit the Company’s Web sites at www.callawaygolf.com, www.callawaygolfball.com and www.odysseygolf.com.