CALLAWAY GOLF AND TAIWAN GOVERNMENT
CORPORATE RAIDS AGAINST GOLF CLUB COUNTERFEITERS

Callaway Golf Company announced today that it has cooperated with government authorities in carrying out three raids against golf club counterfeiters in Taiwan. The raids were targeted against counterfeit Callaway Golf products manufactured in Taiwan and exported to the US and foreign markets. The successful actions in Taiwan come in the wake of "Project Teed Off", a US Customs "sting" executed in February 1999 that resulted in the arrest of twelve citizens, among them several Taiwanese citizens.

The raids in Taiwan were carried out on 14th April by official of the Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Justice, which is responsible for the enforcement of intellectual property laws in Taiwan. Raided were Liang Sheng Golf, Blue Whale Enterprises and Ta Sheng Industries. The three raided businesses were all located in Fengyuan City, a suburb of the capital city, Taipei. Officials arrested two persons - Chang Chu-Ping and Liu Tai-Chi - and seized approximately a thousand counterfeit "Callaway Golf" club components, including almost a hundred fully assembled counterfeit irons ad metal woods.

Steven McCracken, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Office of Callaway Golf, expressed his satisfaction with the actions of the Taiwanese authorities. "We welcomed the opportunity to work with our Taiwanese colleagues. These arrest and the February arrest by the US Customs Service should send a warning to the makers of illegal counterfeits of our golf clubs."