October 2003

Callaway Wins Again
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Staff Professional Jim Thorpe used the Company's new ERC(R) Fusion(R) Driver and HX(R) Tour Golf ball to power his way to a wire-to-wire victory at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship on Sunday.
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TaylorMade introduces new R540XD and R580XD Drivers
Friday, October 24, 2003
TaylorMade Golf has announced the introduction of two new drivers, the R540XD and R580XD, to be available at retail outlets this year....... Full Story

BONHAMS APPOINTS NEW GOLFING MEMORABILIA CONSULTANT
Thursday, October 23, 2003
The Directors of Bonhams are delighted to announce the appointment of Kevin McGimpsey as the company's new Consultant in Golfing Antiques and Memorabilia....... Full Story

Sonartec Golf Introduces New NP-99 Fairway Woods
Wednesday, October 22, 2003
Sonartec Golf officially introduced its new NP-99 model fairway woods to honor today's induction of Nick Price as the 99th member of the World Golf Hall of Fame....... Full Story

Olé! UST Wins Turespaña Mallorca Classic
Wednesday, October 22, 2003
United Sports Technologies (UST) graphite wood shafts delivered a one-two punch on the European Tour by grabbing the first- and second-place positions at the inaugural Turespaña Mallorca Classic in Spain....... Full Story

FOOTJOY BREAKS THE HALF MILLION PAIRS BARRIER FOR FIRST TIME
Sunday, October 19, 2003
There is no doubt that 2003 will go down as a vintage year in the illustrious history of FootJoy, the #1 shoe brand in golf........ Full Story

Callaway announce Agreement
Sunday, October 19, 2003
Callaway Golf company announced that a five-year collective bargaining agreement between its wholly owned subsidiary, The Top-Flite Golf Company, and the Boilermaker's Union Local 1851 has been ratified....... Full Story

BGIA organises seminar on Agency Law
Friday, October 17, 2003
The British Golf Industry Association(BGIA) has organised a seminar entitled "Understanding the Law relating to Commercial Agents" at which the speaker will be David Bentley, of Bentley & Co....... Full Story

Records tumble at Munich 'Golfest'
Friday, October 17, 2003
The PGA of Europe's initiative in staging two major events back-to-back to form the Munich 'GOLFEST' has been rewarded by record-breaking figures, both for the 11th Golf Europe trade exhibition and for the 6th Teaching and Coaching Conference........ Full Story

MacGregor Golf Completes buy back
Friday, October 17, 2003
In the course of the last few days MacGregor Golf has completed the buy back from Suntory Ltd of its partnership interests in their MacGregor-Japan joint venture and acquired Bobby Grace Putters........ Full Story

Première Golf Show Biggest Yet
Friday, October 17, 2003
This year's Première Golf is set to be the most successful ever, with applications to attend coming in thick and fast for the event, to be staged at the Congress Palace, Marbella, 4th - 7th November...... Full Story

Acushnet posts strong third-quarter results
Friday, October 17, 2003
The Acushnet Company, the biggest golf company in the world, recorded third-quarter sales of $275.2 million, an increase of 16.4 percent on the same period in 2002 and a new high for the quarter....... Full Story

UK GOLF PRO’S SET TO EMBRACE E-BUSINESS
Thursday, October 9, 2003
A new partnership between the PGA and Golfbidder, Europe’s largest on-line retailer of used premium brand golf clubs, promises to provide a major boost to club professionals’ retailing operations....... Full Story

Aldila shafts dominate WGC American Express
Thursday, October 9, 2003
Aldila golf's leading designer and manufacturer of high performance graphite wood and irons shafts, including the new NV prototype, captured the Wood Shaft Manufacturer count for all graphite shaft companies at last week's American Express World Golf Championship(WGC) event..... Full Story

WELCOME TO POWERSTIK
Monday, October 6, 2003
How can the PowerStik improve your golf game? By increasing your strength and flexibility the PowerStik is the one true way to increase club head speed at impact..... Full Story

New PING Si3 380 driver now available worldwide
Monday, October 6, 2003
Worldwide shipments of the new custom-fit PING® Si3T 380 titanium driver began last week, PING Chairman and CEO John Solheim announced today.........
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Get Softspikes "seen" for increased sales
Friday, October 3, 2003
Just because Softspikes spend most of their life tucked away on the sole of the golfer’s shoe quietly doing their job doesn’t mean they should be almost invisible in the golf shop too......... Full Story

Callaway appoint Senior International Vice President
Friday, October 3, 2003
Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) today announced the appointment of Keith Keindelto the newly created position of Senior Vice President, International.........
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Have Nike found the answer for Tiger?
Thursday, October 2, 2003
Tiger Woods will be putting a prototype Nike IGNITE driver into play at the WGC Amex Championship tomorrow. The IGNITE is launching in Spring '04. .....
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Callaway Golf Introduces New HX Tour Golf Ball
Thursday, October 2, 2003
Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) today officially introduced its new HX(R) Tour Golf Ball, the Company's new flagship golf ball. The HX Tour Golf Ball features significant improvements in every area..... Full Story

Callaway announce new ERC Driver
Thursday, October 2, 2003
Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) today officially introduced its new ERC(R)Fusion(R) Driver -- featuring radical new Fusion Technology for explosive performance off the tee......

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