Hawk's View Golf Club Director of Golf Honored By Brian Weis

Hawk's View Golf Club Director of Golf Honored

CALLAWAY GOLF ANNOUNCES JAKE BANDI AS THEIR 2023 CALLWAY STAFF FITTER OF THE YEAR – MIDWEST REGION

By Brian Weis

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CARLSBAD, Calif., October 13, 2023 – Today Topgolf Callaway Brands (NYSE: MODG), an industry leader in golf equipment and innovation, announced that Jake Bandi from Hawks View Golf Course has been named their Callaway Staff Fitter of the Year – Midwest Region for 2023.

Jake stood out among a competitive field of nominees with his strong brand loyalty. Jake does an amazing job with his fitting events and the results speak for itself with an 81% increase in business year over year. He even goes as far as to have a friendly competition with our Certified Callaway Fitter, Mike Hayford, to see who can sell the most.

“I find Jake a pleasure to be around,” said Dan Hoffman, Outside Sales Representative, Callaway Golf. “His enthusiasm for his customers and our products is truly second to none. Our partnership is growing stronger by the day, and I am proud to have him as a friend.”

“I’m honored to be recognized as Callaway’s Staff Fitter of the Year for the Midwest Region,” said Bandi. “This is a tremendous honor, and we look forward to further success as our partnership with Callaway grows stronger every year.”

About Callaway Golf Company
Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) is an unrivaled tech-enabled golf company delivering leading golf equipment, apparel and entertainment, with a portfolio of global brands including Callaway Golf, Topgolf, Odyssey, OGIO, TravisMathew and Jack Wolfskin. Through an unwavering commitment to innovation, Callaway manufactures and sells premium golf clubs, golf balls, golf and lifestyle bags, golf and lifestyle apparel and other accessories, and provides world-class golf entertainment experiences through Topgolf, its wholly-owned subsidiary. For more information please visit www.callawaygolf.com, www.topgolf.com, www.odysseygolf.com, www.OGIO.com, www.travismathew.com, and www.jack-wolfskin.com.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Jeff Newton
Callaway Golf Company
Jeff.Newton@callawaygolf.com

Keith Felt
Hawk's View Golf Club
keith@hawksviewgolfclub.com

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.