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CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY
Important Notice Regarding the Internet Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on Wednesday, May 18, 2011
The Proxy Statement, Annual Report and other proxy materials are available at:
http://www.proxyvoting.com/ely
This communication is not a form of voting and it presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting.
If you want to receive a paper or e-mail copy of these documents, you must request one. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy. Please make your request for a copy as instructed below on or before May 4, 2011 to facilitate timely delivery.
CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY
TO REQUEST PAPER COPIES OF PROXY MATERIALS: (please reference your 11-digit control number when requesting materials) By opting out to receive printed materials, your preference for future proxy mailings will be kept on our file.
Telephone: 1-888-313-0164
(outside of the U.S. and Canada call 201-680-6688).
Email: shrrelations@bnymellon.com
(you must reference your 11-digit control number in your email)
Internet: http://www.proxyvoting.com/ely
TO VOTE YOUR SHARES SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE SIDE
This is not a proxy card. You cannot use this notice to vote your shares.
To Our Shareholders:
The 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Callaway Golf Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) is scheduled to be held at the Callaway Golf Company Headquarters, 2180 Rutherford Road, Carlsbad, California 92008, at 9:00 a.m. (PDT), on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, to consider and vote upon the following matters:
(1) to elect as directors the nine nominees named in the Proxy Statement;
(2) to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011;
(3) to hold an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers;
(4) to hold an advisory vote on the frequency of future shareholder advisory votes to approve the compensation of the
Company’s named executive officers; and
(5) to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” Items 1, 2 and 3 and a vote for “1 YEAR” in Item 4.
The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on March 21, 2011 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
*Approximate date of mailing to Shareholders of this Notice of Internet Availability of the Company’s Proxy Materials is April 8, 2011.
PLEASE SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO OBTAIN YOUR PROXY MATERIALS, WHICH MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM PRIOR YEARS
CONTROL NUMBER
YOU MUST REFERENCE YOUR 11-DIGIT CONTROL NUMBER WHEN YOU REQUEST A PAPER COPY OF THE PROXY MATERIALS OR TO VOTE YOUR PROXY ELECTRONICALLY.
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Stockholders of record as of the Record Date are encouraged and cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting. Directions to attend the annual meeting where you may vote in person can be found on the last page of the Proxy Statement.
Meeting Location:
Callaway Golf Company Headquarters
2180 Rutherford Road
Carlsbad, California 92008
The following materials are available for you to review online:
• the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2011 Annual Meeting (including all attachments thereto);
• the Company’s Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2010 (which is not deemed to be part
of the official proxy soliciting materials); and
• any amendments to the foregoing materials that are required to be furnished to stockholders.
To request a paper copy of the Proxy Materials:
(you must reference your 11-digit control number located on the reverse side of this form)
Telephone: 1-888-313-0164 (outside of the U.S. and Canada call 201-680-6688)
Email: shrrelations@bnymellon.com (you must reference your 11-digit control number in your email)
Internet: http://www.proxyvoting.com/ely
The Proxy Materials for Callaway Golf Company are available to review at:
http://www.proxyvoting.com/ely
Have this notice available when you request a PAPER copy of the Proxy Materials, when you want to view your proxy materials online
OR WHEN YOU WANT TO VOTE YOUR PROXY ELECTRONICALLY.
HOW TO VOTE BY INTERNET
We encourage you to review the proxy materials online before voting.
Use the Internet to vote your shares. On the landing page of the above website in the box labeled
“To Vote Your Shares by Internet” click on “Vote Now” to access the electronic proxy card and vote your shares.
Have this notice in hand when you access the website.
You will need to reference the 11-digit control number located on the reverse side.
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