Callaway Golf Company is an American sporting goods company based in Carlsbad, California, specializing in golf. It was founded by former Burlington Industries textile president, Ely R. Callaway, Jr. Callaway Golf Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells golf clubs and golf balls in the United States and internationally. Its products include drivers, fairway woods, hybrids, irons, wedges, putters, and golf balls. The company also sells golf accessories, such as golf bags, golf gloves, golf footwear, golf and lifestyle apparel, golf headwear, eyewear, golf towels, and golf umbrellas. In addition, Callaway Golf Company licenses its trademarks and service marks in exchange for a royalty fee to third parties for use on products, such as golf and lifestyle apparel, watches, travel gear, rangefinders, and practice aids. It sells its products to golf retailers, including pro shops at golf courses and off-course retailers; sporting goods retailers; and mass merchants, as well as directly and to third party distributors. Callaway Golf also market products under the Odyssey putter brand, acquired in 1997, as well as the Top-Flite, Strata and Ben Hogan golf brands.
