Callaway wins in majors

[Dr.Zevia]

Other than Phil, how many majors does Callaway have under it's belt? I can think of Els in 12 and Michael Campbell in 05.  For such a large company in the industry the mayor count seems low.

[the bishop]

Off the top of my head Graeme McDowell won the 2010 US Open on Callaway staff

[caniac6]

Was Sergio using Callaway when he won at Augusta?

 

[Dr.Zevia]

5 minutes ago, the bishop said:

Off the top of my head Graeme McDowell won the 2010 US Open on Callaway staff

I do remember that one now, how could I forget, I was actually there for that :0. I believe he promptly signed with Srixon afterward.

[Dr.Zevia]

Just now, caniac6 said:

Was Sergio using Callaway when he won at Augusta?

 

 

Sergio was only with Callaway for less than a year, his win at Augusta was in his TM days.

[the bishop]

Stenson when he won The Open.

[the bishop]

LPGA every one of Sorenstam's I think.  Karrie Webb probably a few too.  Too lazy to look it up.

[TiScape]

Slightly off topic.
Am I correct in saying that of all the major OEMs. Callaway’s tour stuff is the least like what they release retail? 

[me05501]

Include the LPGA and Champions Tour and the numbers probably even out quite a bit. 

 

It's only in the last twenty years or so that Callaway has focused on selling overall performance. For a long time they were all about forgiveness. I think the first iteration of the X-Forged was their first real player's iron.  

[Dr.Zevia]

3 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Slightly off topic.
Am I correct in saying that of all the major OEMs. Callaway’s tour stuff is the least like what they release retail? 

 

That's interesting, I never really thought about it.

[DFS PFD]

14 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Slightly off topic.
Am I correct in saying that of all the major OEMs. Callaway’s tour stuff is the least like what they release retail? 

Very very true, we get the big bertha double black diamond, while tour gets the epic flash speed sub zero triple diamond single dot green line adapter. Same with irons as well. 

[jonsnow]

28 minutes ago, the bishop said:

LPGA every one of Sorenstam's I think.  Karrie Webb probably a few too.  Too lazy to look it up.

I thought Karrie Webb was a Titleist staffer, at least the majority of her career?

[the bishop]

27 minutes ago, jonsnow said:

I thought Karrie Webb was a Titleist staffer, at least the majority of her career?

True but now you made me not be lazy and look it up.  Her last major was the 2006 Kraft Nabisco and she was a Srixon staffer at the time it appears.  So I was completely wrong about Karrie and I don't care 'cuz Dr. Zevia was asking for free info and he got his money's worth.

Edited June 16, 2021 by the bishop

[j-rob]

Ok, now we need a full breakdown of OEM major totals.
 

That would be an interesting list. 

[braincramp52]

2 minutes ago, j-rob said:

Ok, now we need a full breakdown of OEM major totals.
 

That would be an interesting list. 

I'll expect to see a full report from you when I get up in the morning.🙂

[nosedive32]

16 hours ago, me05501 said:

Include the LPGA and Champions Tour and the numbers probably even out quite a bit. 

 

It's only in the last twenty years or so that Callaway has focused on selling overall performance. For a long time they were all about forgiveness. I think the first iteration of the X-Forged was their first real player's iron.  

 

The 2007 X Forged was predated by the X Tour irons released in 2005. (Two piece forged cavity back that clearly looks the part of X Forged predecessor)

 

The X Tour was basically a well we just signed Phil Mickelson so we have to make a forged players iron.

 

He still had Titleist irons in the bag for a few months after he signed with Callaway (2004 Ryder Cup disaster was in that timeline where Callaway stuff was coming in but Titleist irons were in because Callaway didn't have anything yet.)

 

X Tour irons were in Phils bag for the 2005 PGA and 2006 Masters. (As well as Winged Foot)

 

 

[KennyP]

Danny Willett as well. Maybe Zinger?

 

But that's about it.

 

 

[MattyO1984]

Danny Willett - 2016 Masters

Ernie Els- 2012 Open

[Ichiro]

Almost sure Patrick Reed won the Masters with Callaway irons.  Didn't have an endorsement contract, though. Had mixed brands on driver, fwy woods, hybrid and wedges. 

[KRAMER1997]

What OEM has the most since 2012? It's gotta be either Titleist or straight up free agents. I know Titleist has guys like Spieth,Thomas, Scott, and Webb Simpson on the roster. Brooks isn't sponsored by anyone and neither were Reed or Molinari when they won in 2018.

According to my research the major count by OEM's since 2012 is as follows:

Taylormade: 8

Callaway: 4

Titelist: 10

Ping: 2

Srixon: 1

Cobra: 1

Wilson Staff: 1

Nike golf clubs: 2 (RIP)

Not sponsored/Free agent:  6 (Brooks really inflates this one)

 

*I'm including guys who were sponsored by a certain manufacturer at the moment of their win, but no longer play that companies equipment (ex. Rory won the 2012 PGA with Titleist so it counts as a Titleist win).

 

Who woulda thought Titelist would've been number 1! Interesting also that a lot of players start out playing Titelist equipment (Rory, Phil, Tiger) only to go play something else. Anyone know how long Tiger played Titelist clubs? I think it was til 2002.

[c7015]

On 6/16/2021 at 9:55 PM, j-rob said:

Ok, now we need a full breakdown of OEM major totals.
 

That would be an interesting list. 

 

Wilson at the top ? 

 

History on their side 

[MUNIGRIT]

5 hours ago, KRAMER1997 said:

What OEM has the most since 2012? It's gotta be either Titleist or straight up free agents. I know Titleist has guys like Spieth,Thomas, Scott, and Webb Simpson on the roster. Brooks isn't sponsored by anyone and neither were Reed or Molinari when they won in 2018.

According to my research the major count by OEM's since 2012 is as follows:

Taylormade: 8

Callaway: 4

Titelist: 10

Ping: 2

Srixon: 1

Cobra: 1

Wilson Staff: 1

Nike golf clubs: 2 (RIP)

Not sponsored/Free agent:  6 (Brooks really inflates this one)

 

*I'm including guys who were sponsored by a certain manufacturer at the moment of their win, but no longer play that companies equipment (ex. Rory won the 2012 PGA with Titleist so it counts as a Titleist win).

 

Who woulda thought Titelist would've been number 1! Interesting also that a lot of players start out playing Titelist equipment (Rory, Phil, Tiger) only to go play something else. Anyone know how long Tiger played Titelist clubs? I think it was til 2002.

There are too many mixed bags to figure it out. 

[KRAMER1997]

20 minutes ago, MUNIGRIT said:

There are too many mixed bags to figure it out. 

Exactly! It's the arrow not the Indian. 

[PhilWhitUK]

Francesco Molinari was a Callaway player also.

 

I make the list:

 

Phil Mickelson

Francesco Molinari

Henrik Stenson

Danny Willet

Ernie Els

Graeme McDowell

Michael Campbell

 

It isn’t a bad list and if Monty had got over the line when he was their flagship player the list could look even better.

 

Then if we add in Sorenstam, Georgia Hall and others on the women’s side it looks even better.

 

Of course, if people bought clubs solely based on major wins then Nike would still be making clubs!

 

 

 

[mat562]

Molinari was a TM man for his win at Carnoustie, IIRC.

[PhilWhitUK]

11 minutes ago, mat562 said:

Molinari was a TM man for his win at Carnoustie, IIRC.

My bad: just checked and he changed after the win.  Still not a bad list.  Callaway seem to have placed their bets on Monty being their winner and for so long it looked like they would be right.  Certainly in the UK everyone knew Monty was a Callaway man and it definitely influenced club golfers in what they bought.  They never went for the same large roster approach of big names that Taylormade did.

 

I always thought it was a shame Rory didn’t keep his Callaway bag as I thought the raw irons were fabulous.

[lefty1978]

They won the last 2.

[TheMoneyShot]

On 6/16/2021 at 11:59 AM, caniac6 said:

Was Sergio using Callaway when he won at Augusta?

 

No, he was still with TM.

[MattyO1984]

Adding Jon Rahm to that list 👍🏼

Edited June 21, 2021 by MattyO1984

[phizzy30]

So how many of you guys bought a Cally driver recently?  I bet there's a good number of golfers in general that are very happy today after they learn that their driver purchase will be comped by Dick's and Golf Galaxy thanks to Rahmbo.