Callaway announce 2021 PGA European Tour staffers

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Callaway, an Official Partner of the PGA European Tour, today announced its full roster of Staff Professionals for the 2021 season.

The team includes the exciting new signings of Adri Arnaus, Ross McGowan, David Howell, Justin Walters and Rikard Karlberg, and a host of re-signings, many of whom have already tasted European Tour success with Callaway.

This includes last year’s back-to-back winner, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, as well as some long-time supporters of the Callaway brands: Thomas Detry, Alex Noren, Renato Paratore, Alvaro Quiros, Henrik Stenson and Oliver Wilson.

The line-up features eight #TeamCallaway players who celebrated European Tour success using Callaway and Odyssey equipment in 2020: Branden Grace (South African Open hosted by the City of Johannesburg); Jorge Campillo (Commercial Bank Qatar Masters); Marc Warren (Austrian Open); Renato Paratore (Betfred British Masters hosted by Lee Westwood); Adrian Otaegui (Scottish Championship presented by AXA); Callum Shinkwin (Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open) and Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Alfred Dunhill Championship and South African Open).

Thirty players will also put Callaway’s revolutionary Tour performance Chrome Soft Golf Ball into competitive play.

The full 2021 PGA European Tour player line-up, reads:

Thomas Aiken  Matthew Jordan    Alvaro Quiros
Kiradech Aphibarnrat  Rikard Karlberg      Richie Ramsay
Marcus Armitage Max Kieffer Bernd Ritthammer
Adri Arnaus   Pablo Larrazabal         Andres Romero
Nino Bertasio  Min Woo Lee              Lorenzo Scalise
Christiaan Bezuidenhout Tom Lewis       Callum Shinkwin
Alexander Bjork Michael Lorenzo Vera Jordan Smith 
Thomas Bjorn            Stefano Mazzoli Henrik Stenson
Steven Brown       Ross McGowan    Robin Sciot-Siegrist
Jorge Campillo Guido Migliozzi     Toby Tree
Ashley Chesters Francesco Molinari    Erik Van Rooyen
David Coupland James Morrison           Matt Wallace
Thomas Detry                   Alex Noren  Justin Walters
David Drysdale Adrian Otaegui Marc Warren
Nacho Elvira                         Chris Paisley  David Whitnell
Darren Fichardt Renato Paratore            Oliver Wilson
Oliver Fisher Andrea Pavan                 Danny Willett
Branden Grace David Horsey       Ben Poke
David Howell Chris Wood Fabrizio Zanotti

Bold denotes Callaway Ball Players

Peter Harrison, Callaway’s EMEA Director of Tour Relations, said: “Seeing so many of our players taste 2020 victory in what were unique competitive circumstances due to coronavirus was a bright spot to a difficult year for everyone. Our team is now raring to go for 2021 and we can’t wait to get back to competitive golf, and winning again.”

Neil Howie, Managing Director of Callaway Golf EMEA, concluded: “We enter 2021 with a fantastic Tour team in place, and we hope and pray that golf fans will soon be able to, once again, cheer them to victory in person. We have some incredible products in the pipeline and we know that paring these with some of the best players in the game is going to be exciting to watch.”

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