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Callaway Golf was founded in 1982 by former Burlington Industries
textile president Ely Callaway. Mr. Callaway sold his Temecula,
CA-based winery and was enjoying a brief retirement before getting
into the golf club making business.
Ely was playing plenty of golf and was always looking for new business
opportunities when he spotted a wooden pitching wedge in a Palm
Springs-area golf shop. The club was reminiscent of the hickory-shafted
clubs he had used as a child, but this shaft was hollowed and filled
with a steel core for consistency and strength. He purchased half
of Hickory Stick USA and renamed it Callaway Hickory Stick USA.
Mr. Callaway hired successful billiard cue designer Richard
C. Helmstetter to become chief club designer. Ely bought out
his partners and shortened the company name to Callaway Golf. During
this time, Helmstetter invented a large-volume (190cc) steel clubhead
that was much different from other drivers on the market.
This new club was easier to hit and more forgiving, and Mr. Callaway
named the club Big Bertha after the World War I German cannon, which
was famous for its distance and accuracy. The new technology forever
changed the golf equipment industry, and in 1992, Callaway Golf
went public on the NYSE.
Callaway Golf Company of Carlsbad, CA is one of the worlds
best known brands of premium golf equipment around today. The American
company manufactures Callaway Golf woods, irons, wedges, putters
and golf balls and licenses its name for apparel, footwear, timepieces
and accessories. Callaway Golf also owns and manufactures products
under the Odyssey putter brand and Top-Flite and Ben Hogan golf
brands.
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