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David A. Laverty is Senior Vice President, Global Operations of the Company and has served in such
capacity since August 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Laverty was a Senior Vice President with Vertis
Inc., in Baltimore, Maryland. Previously, until April 2005, he had spent 25 years at Revlon in numerous
operations management posts. He has a B.A. in Economics from Temple University.
Thomas T. Yang is Senior Vice President, International and has served in such capacity since joining the
Company in July 2006. Until July 2006, Mr. Yang served as Senior Vice President of Global Consumer Products,
International for Starbucks Corporation, a position he held for the last 16 months of the nearly five years he
worked for Starbucks. He also previously served in international roles for Coca Cola, Proctor & Gamble and the
Clorox Company. Mr. Yang serves on the San Diego World Trade Center Board of Directors. He graduated from
the University of Colorado with a B.S. in Marketing and has a Masters of International Management from the
American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) in Arizona.
Jeffrey M. Colton is Senior Vice President, U.S. and has served in such capacity since August 2009. Until
August 2009, Mr. Colton held the position of Senior Vice President, Research and Development for the
Company, overseeing the innovation and advanced design process for the Callaway Golf, Odyssey, Top-Flite and
Ben Hogan brands. He began his career at the Company as a research assistant in 1994 and advanced through
positions of increasing responsibility in both R&D and Marketing. Mr. Colton earned a Bachelor of Science
degree in Applied Physics from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California.
Information with respect to the Company’s employment agreements with its Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer and other three most highly compensated executive officers will be contained in the Company’s
definitive Proxy Statement in connection with the 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. In addition, copies of
the employment agreements are included as exhibits to this report.
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