<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
This Schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the Callaway
Golf Company Consolidated Balance Sheet and Consolidated Statement of Operations
at December 31, 1999 and for the year then ended and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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