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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * KOBAYASHI YOTARO   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CALLAWAY GOLF CO [ELY] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 2180 RUTHERFORD ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/19/2012 (Street) CARLSBAD, CA 92008 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 05/19/2012   M   7,439 (1) (2) A $ 0 17,748 D   Common Stock 05/19/2012   F   616 (3) D $ 5.31 17,132 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Restricted Stock Units

(4)

05/19/2012

M

7,439.88 (1)

05/19/2012

05/19/2012

Common Stock

7,439.88

$ 0

0 (5)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
KOBAYASHI YOTARO 2180 RUTHERFORD ROAD CARLSBAD, CA 92008	X

Signatures

Brian P. Lynch Attorney-in-Fact for Yotaro Kobayashi under a Limited Power of Attorney dated September 30, 2002.		05/21/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Reflects the vesting of a prior restricted stock unit grant (granted on May 19, 2009), which was previously reported on a Form 4, and additional restricted stock units accrued as a result of dividend equivalent rights paid by the Company pursuant to the terms of the grant.
(2)	Reflects a deduction for cash paid in lieu of fractional shares upon the conversion of the restricted stock units to shares of common stock.
(3)	The 616 shares reported in this line item represent the number of shares of common stock withheld by the Company to satisfy tax withholding requirements in connection with the vesting of the restricted stock unit.
(4)	Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock.
(5)	The reporting person is the holder of other Restricted Stock Units as follows: 12,906 restricted stock units previously granted plus an additional 115.85 restricted stock units accrued as a result of dividend equivalent rights paid by the Company. Of the total number of restricted stock units beneficially owned by the reporting person, 5,769.92 restricted stock units are scheduled to vest on May 18, 2013 and 7,251.93 restricted stock units are scheduled to vest on May 18, 2014.

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