CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Callaway Golf
Company (NYSE: ELY) today announced that it has signed 2017 NCAA
Player of the Year Sam Burns to a
staff pro agreement. The 21-year-old LSU alum turned professional
last month, and he is making his professional PGA Tour debut this
week at the Sanderson Farms Championship.
Burns, as a sophomore, was the most dominant player in college
golf during the 2016-17 season. He won 4 tournaments, including the
David Toms Intercollegiate, The Prestige at PGA West, and the Baton
Rouge Regional. In addition to winning the NCAA Division I Jack
Nicklaus National Player of the Year, he was voted SEC Player of
the Year and a 1st Team All-American. He also set the
LSU single-season scoring record
(70.04).
Burns also posted a T6 finish as an amateur at the Barbasol
Championship in July. In fact, he posted 18 under par to set the
single tournament scoring record (in relation to par) by an amateur
in the history of the PGA Tour. Burns earned his spot in the field
by winning the Barbasol Shootout in June, where he carded a 5-under
65 in the one-day event.
"I am so excited to play Callaway as I start my professional
career," Burns said. "I have been using their clubs and have seen
just how good the performance is, especially in my new driver and
irons. I'm entering this next phase of my golf career with a lot of
confidence."
As a full Callaway Staffer, Burns will use Callaway clubs,
balls, bag, gloves and an Odyssey Putter. He is currently playing a
GBB Epic Driver, GBB Epic Fairway Wood, Apex Pro 16 Irons and an
Odyssey O-Works #7S Putter.
Burns will add to Callaway's tremendous group of talented young
players, a list that currently includes Patrick Reed, Daniel
Berger, Adam Hadwin,
Wesley Bryan, Ollie Schniederjans, Aaron Wise, Branden
Grace, Thomas Pieters,
Michelle Wie, Grayson Murray, Patrick
Rodgers, Emiliano Grillo, and
Maverick McNealy, who signed with Callaway earlier this month.
You can follow Sam on Twitter and Instagram:
@SamBurns66
About Callaway Golf
Through an unwavering commitment to innovation, Callaway
Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) creates products designed to
make every golfer a better golfer. Callaway Golf Company
manufactures and sells golf clubs and golf balls, and sells bags,
accessories and apparel in the golf and lifestyle categories, under
the Callaway Golf®, Odyssey®, OGIO® and TravisMathew® brands
worldwide. For more information please visit www.callawaygolf.com,
www.odysseygolf.com, www.ogio.com, and www.travismathew.com.
CONTACTS:
Scott
Goryl
Callaway Golf Company
Scott.Goryl@CallawayGolf.com
Jeff Newton
Callaway Golf Company
Jeff.Newton@CallawayGolf.com
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