PAUL STANKOWSKI'S USE OF PINGS IRKS SUPPORTER ELY CALLAWAY

          PGA Tour player and Callaway endorser Paul Stankowski
     was playing Ping irons during the MasterCard Colonial last
     week in TX, according to the AP's Doug Ferguson.  The move
     was "peculiar only because of Ely Callaway's threat to file
     a federal trade complaint" against Orlimar and Adams for
     "allowing two players to carry their bags, but none of their
     clubs."  Stankowski's use of the Ping irons "caught Callaway
     off guard," since a preliminary survey "indicated he had the
     Callaway X-12 irons in play."  But, he "slipped the Pings
     back in his bag" once the survey team departed.  Callaway
     sent a fax to Stankowski "within hours of finding out" and
     notified him that "he was in breach of contract" by using
     the Ping irons.  Stankowski: "I was frustrated with the way
     I was playing and decided very hastily to give my old clubs
     a try. ... But I am committed to Callaway and look forward
     to our continued relationship" (AP, 5/26).