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Callaway Golf Staffer Olin Browne Wins Deutsche Bank; Gives FT-3 Driver 15th Worldwide '05 Victory, 6th on PGA Tour.


CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Callaway Golf (NYSE NYSE

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:ELY) Staff Professional Olin Browne Olin Douglas Browne (born May 22 1959) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Browne was born in Washington, DC. He graduated from The Holderness School in 1977. He then went on to Occidental College in 1981. He turned professional in 1984.
 calmly emerged from a pack of five overnight leaders yesterday to capture his third career victory on the PGA Tour -- and the sixth of the season for the Big Bertha(R) Fusion(R) FT-3(TM) Driver -- shooting a final-round 67 for a one-stroke win over Jason Bohn in the Deutsche Bank Championship The Deutsche Bank Championship is a PGA Tour golf tournament that occurs every year on Labor Day weekend. The tournament began in 2003 and is held at the Tournament Players Club of Boston in Norton, Massachusetts.  at the TPC (Transaction Processing Performance Council, San Francisco, CA, www.tpc.org) An organization devoted to benchmarking transaction processing systems. In order to derive the number of transactions that can be processed in a given time frame, TPC benchmarks measure the total performance of  of Boston.

Browne, 46, finished at 14-under 270 and earned $990,000 -- his largest check in 11 PGA Tour seasons. He trusted his resurgent re·sur·gent  
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1. Experiencing or tending to bring about renewal or revival.

2. Sweeping or surging back again.

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 game to Callaway Golf technology through the bag, using the exciting new FT-3 Driver, Big Bertha Fusion strong 3-wood, Big Bertha Steelhead III(R) 7-wood, X-Tour(TM) Irons (3-9), Callaway Golf Vintage Forged + Wedges (52-degree, 58-degree), the HX(R) Tour Golf Ball and an Odyssey(R) TF-1 Putter.

Browne elevated his play for the week with a combination of longer, straighter driving -- his 284-yard average off the tee and 70 percent success rate hitting fairways surpassed his season averages -- and crisp iron play that allowed him to hit 75 percent of the greens in regulation on the demanding TPC of Boston layout. He is among the top five players on the PGA Tour in average distance from the pin on approach shots this year, and hit another signature iron shot at the 71st hole when he cut a 7-iron directly over the flagstick flag·stick  
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A removable pole with a flag marking the placement of each hole on the putting greens of a golf course.
 to set up a 15-foot birdie for the winning margin.

"It was a little cutter, 163 yards from a difficult lie, a bit of a hook lie, and it happened to come off perfectly," Browne said. "I hit a lot of really good iron shots like that this week. I had a lot of confidence in my ball striking, with the driver and with the irons, and was able to maneuver the ball very well. The HX Tour Golf Ball is just so consistent in its flight characteristics, it let me get at some of the tough pins when I needed to, and I was rolling it well when I had the opportunities."

Browne has given himself several opportunities this season, with the most notable, prior to yesterday's victory, being at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst. To get into that field, he shot 59 in the second round of a qualifier at Rockville, MD, then put himself in contention with an opening round 67 at Pinehurst and was just three shots off the lead going into the final round. Over the past six weeks, he has shown signs of breaking through, with a tie for 18th at the Buick Open and tied for 15th at the International.

The victory was the latest validation for the breakthrough driver technology built into the revolutionary FT-3 Driver, which has been used to win two '05 men's major championships (Michael Campbell in the U.S. Open and Phil Mickelson in the PGA Championship) and three women's majors (Annika Sorenstam in the Kraft Nabisco Championship The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major golf tournaments for women on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983. The annual tournament is held at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.  and the McDonald's LPGA Championship and by the winner of the Women's British Open The Women's British Open, also known for sponsorship reasons since 2007 as the Ricoh Women's British Open, is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. ).

Through an unwavering commitment to innovation, Callaway Golf creates products and services designed to make every golfer a better golfer. Callaway Golf Company Callaway Golf Company is an American golf company based in Carlsbad, California. They manufacture woods, irons, wedges, putters and golf balls and license its name for apparel, footwear, timepieces and accessories.  manufactures and sells golf clubs and golf balls, and sells golf accessories, under the Callaway Golf(R), Top-Flite(R), Odyssey(R) and Ben Hogan(R) brands. For more information visit www.callawaygolf.com.
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