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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 26, 2000 relating to the
financial statements, which appears in the 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders of
Callaway Golf Company, which is incorporated by reference in Callaway Golf
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999. We
also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated January 26,
2000 relating to the financial statement schedule, which appears in such Annual
Report on Form 10-K.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
San Diego, California
August 10, 2000
