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DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160520

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CALLAWAY GOLF CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000837465
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 [3949]
		IRS NUMBER:				953797580
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10962
		FILM NUMBER:		161665397

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2180 RUTHERFORD RD
		CITY:			CARLSBAD
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92008-8815
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7609311771

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2180 RUTHERFORD ROAD
		CITY:			CARLSBAD
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92008

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CALLAWAY GOLF
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20070604

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CALLAWAY GOLF CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20070604

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CALLAWAY GOLF CO /CA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940222
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>S<SMALL>PECIALIZED</SMALL> D<SMALL>ISCLOSURE</SMALL> <SMALL>REPORT</SMALL> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Callaway Golf Company </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>95-3797580</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>2180 Rutherford Road, Carlsbad, CA</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Brian P. Lynch, Senior Vice-President, General Counsel (760) 804-4056 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>person to contact in connection with this report.) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box to
indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January&nbsp;1 to December 31, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Determination </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Callaway Golf Company (&#147;Callaway&#148;) conducted a good faith, reasonable country of origin inquiry with respect to columbite-tantalite (coltan),
cassiterite, gold, wolframite and their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten (&#147;Conflict Minerals&#148;), that may be considered necessary to the functionality or production of products that Callaway manufactures or
contracts to manufacture for the 2015 reporting period (the &#147;Covered Conflict Minerals&#148;). Callaway&#146;s inquiry, as described below, was reasonably designed to determine whether the Covered Conflict Minerals originated in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (the &#147;Covered Countries&#148;), or are from recycled or scrap sources. Based on the results of that inquiry, Callaway has no reason to believe that the Covered Conflict Minerals described in this
Form SD originated in the Covered Countries. Therefore, Callaway is not required to provide a Conflict Minerals Report with respect to the Covered Conflict Minerals. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Description of Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As
stated in Callaway&#146;s &#147;Conflict Minerals Policy&#148;, which is available under the Legal/Corporate Responsibility section of the callawaygolf.com website, Callaway is committed to responsible sourcing of materials for its products. In this
regard, Callaway opposes having in its products, Conflict Minerals that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries. It is Callaway&#146;s goal that its products be &#147;DRC Conflict Free.&#148; Callaway&#146;s
Conflict Minerals Policy assigns responsibility and provides a framework for its efforts to achieve this goal. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Callaway communicates its policies and
expectations with respect to the sourcing of Conflict Minerals to suppliers in a number of ways. New suppliers are informed of Callaway&#146;s policies as part of the supplier on-boarding process. Callaway also adopted a Conflict Minerals Procedure
that establishes the protocol followed to survey the supply chain of Conflict Minerals in Callaway products. The Procedure involves first determining if Covered Conflict Minerals are contained in a Callaway product, and then conducting a country of
origin inquiry with respect to those minerals utilizing a Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative&#146;s (&#147;CFSI&#148;) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Building on the Country of Origin Inquiry Callaway reported in 2014 and 2015, Callaway refined its focus to products and factories known to contain Conflict
Minerals.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Relevant suppliers were identified by reviewing product specifications for inclusion of conflict minerals, primarily tungsten. Fourteen
suppliers of Callaway golf products were identified as part of this inquiry. The fourteen suppliers were provided the CFSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template. Of the fourteen suppliers, eleven were found to use tungsten in Callaway golf products.
The declaration worksheet of the questionnaire requested input on a supplier&#146;s Conflict Minerals sourcing program and the Smelter List worksheet identified the smelters used by the suppliers. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Callaway received a completed CFSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template from each of the fourteen suppliers. The
supplier questionnaire responses were reviewed based on product type for accuracy and consistency.&nbsp;All of the eleven suppliers that sourced tungsten reported using a smelter registered with the Conflict Free Smelter
Program.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The other three suppliers did not use Conflict Minerals in products supplied to Callaway in 2015.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Results of Reasonable
Country of Origin Inquiry </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based on Callaway&#146;s reasonable country of origin inquiry, Callaway has no reason to believe that the Covered Conflict
Minerals described in this Form SD originated in the Covered Countries. In this regard, suppliers stated that the Conflict Minerals in their supply chains are sourced from outside the Covered Countries, primarily from sources local to their
manufacturing operations in China, and none of the suppliers stated that the Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered Countries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Conflict Minerals
Disclosure </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Form SD filed for the calendar year ended December 31, 2015 is available at www.callawaygolf.com/. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly
authorized undersigned. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Registrant) </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: May 20, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Senior Vice President,</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">General Counsel &amp;
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