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Fair value at acquisition-date of the assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interests issued by the acquirer, including but not limited to, instruments or interests issued or issuable in consideration for the business combination.

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This element represents the amount of earnings or loss of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired in a business combination achieved in stages, including equity interests in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date and acquired at the acquisition date.

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Percentage of equity in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date in a business combination.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Business Combinations - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
Business Combinations - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 08, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Oct. 27, 2020
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		$ 2,025,175,000			$ 2,025,175,000		$ 56,658,000
Business combination, acquisition related costs					(16,199,000)	$ 0
Gain on Topgolf investment					252,531,000	0
Total net revenues		856,461,000		$ 475,559,000	2,421,723,000	1,214,831,000
Topgolf
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		1,405,556,000			1,405,556,000		$ 0
Total net revenues		333,783,000			751,873,000
Operating segments \| Topgolf
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total net revenues		333,783,000		$ 0	751,873,000	0
Minimum \| Developed Technology and Customer Relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful life	1 year
Maximum \| Developed Technology and Customer Relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful life	10 years
Topgolf International, Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, equity interest issued or issuable, number of shares (in shares)	89,776,450
Business acquisition, number of common stock shares acquired (in shares)	12,329,721
Business combination, step acquisition, equity interest in acquiree, including subsequent acquisition percentage	100.00%
Business combination, equity value	$ 1,987,000,000
Business combination, step acquisition, equity value of acquiree	$ 1,748,000,000
Business combination, exchange ratio, share price (in dollars per share)	$ 19.40
Payments to acquire businesses, gross	$ 3,014,174,000
Business combination, step acquisition, equity interest in acquiree, fair value	$ 2,650,201,000
Business acquisition, share price (in dollars per share)	$ 29.52
Business combination, consideration converted, share-based compensation (in shares)	187,568
Business combination, consideration transferred, share-based compensation	$ 33,051,000
Business combination, consideration transferred, equity interest issued and issuable	1,625,000
Total purchase price and consideration transferred in the merger	3,048,850,000
Goodwill	1,968,911,000
Business combination, acquisition related costs		0			16,199,000	$ 1,544,000
Gain on Topgolf investment	252,531,000		$ 252,531,000
Business combination, pro forma information, earnings or loss of acquiree since acquisition date, actual		$ 2,832,000			$ 396,000
Topgolf International, Inc \| Future Revenues And Growth
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	1,405,556,000
Topgolf International, Inc \| Synergies
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 563,355,000
Topgolf International, Inc \| Measurement Input, Royalty Rate \| Royalty Savings Income Approach Method
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, assumed indefinite lived intangible assets, measurement input	2.50%
Topgolf International, Inc \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate \| Royalty Savings Income Approach Method \| Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, assumed indefinite lived intangible assets, measurement input	7.00%
Topgolf International, Inc \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate \| Royalty Savings Income Approach Method \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, assumed indefinite lived intangible assets, measurement input	8.50%
Topgolf International, Inc \| Callaway Shareholders
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, step acquisition, equity interest in acquiree, including subsequent acquisition percentage								51.30%
Topgolf International, Inc \| Former Topgolf Stakeholders
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, step acquisition, equity interest in acquiree, including subsequent acquisition percentage								48.70%
Topgolf International, Inc \| Topgolf International, Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, step acquisition, equity interest in acquiree, percentage								14.30%