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Callaway Golf is a manufacturer of golf clubs, golf balls, and associated golf accessories. The company began as Hickory Stick USA, but was renamed by former vintner Ely Callaway in 1983.

Callaway's golf clubs are remarkable for their use of the latest technological advances. Callaway clubs are no mere lumps of metal on a stick; they use carbon composites, high-tech alloys, and rigorously designed shapes to maximize golf performance. This performance does come at a cost; Callaway's clubs are on the higher end of the market, with some clubs costing over a thousand dollars used.

Callaway's golf balls are similarly advanced; the internal core and dimples are unique to Callaway and are built to provide further flight. Callaway golf balls are priced for all markets; however, the more technologically advanced balls do cost more. Callaway has a small business in making golf shirts; they come in both men's and women's fashions, and for the most part defy the stereotype of golf clothes being odd-colored and ugly.

The shirts are fifty dollars plus; on the higher side for polo shirts, although Callaway claims they have special comfort technologies. Callaway also sells shoes and women's shorts. Callaway has a selection of watches which are only slightly stylistically different from other watches in the same price range. Since one can get a Citizen Eco-Drive, with no battery replacement, at that price, the Callaway watches are not a great buy.

Callaway's golf accessories include magnetized bracelets, which Callaway claims have a therapeutic effect. Since the maker of a similar bracelet was just fined by the Federal Trade Commission for fraud in that regard, these health claims should be taken with a grain of salt. In fact, given the relatively undistinguished look of the golf bracelets, one would be better-served buying real jewelry.

Much more scientifically-founded and useful is Callaway's uPro GPS, which uses GPS technology to aid golfers with planning their next stroke, including knowledge of local golf hazards.