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    <schemaVersion>X0101</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType><periodOfReport>2003-06-04</periodOfReport>
    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000837465</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CALLAWAY GOLF CO /CA</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ELY</issuerTradingSymbol></issuer><reportingOwner><reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001207922</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>KOBAYASHI YOTARO</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>  </rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>  </rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>  </rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>  </rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>  </rptOwnerZipCode>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
<isDirector>1</isDirector><isOfficer>0</isOfficer><isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner><isOther>0</isOther><officerTitle></officerTitle><otherText></otherText></reportingOwnerRelationship></reportingOwner><derivativeSecurity><securityTitle><value>NQ</value><footnoteId id="F1" /></securityTitle><conversionOrExercisePrice><value>14.2</value></conversionOrExercisePrice><transactionDate><value>2003-06-04</value></transactionDate><transactionCoding><transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType><transactionCode>A</transactionCode><equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved></transactionCoding><transactionTimeliness><value></value></transactionTimeliness><transactionAmounts><transactionShares><value>6000</value></transactionShares><transactionValue><value>0</value></transactionValue><transactionAcquiredDisposedCode><value>A</value></transactionAcquiredDisposedCode></transactionAmounts><exerciseDate><value>2005-06-04</value></exerciseDate><expirationDate><value>2013-06-04</value></expirationDate><underlyingSecurity><underlyingSecurityTitle><value>Common Stock</value></underlyingSecurityTitle><underlyingSecurityShares><value>6000</value></underlyingSecurityShares></underlyingSecurity><postTransactionAmounts><sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction><value>6000</value></sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction></postTransactionAmounts><ownershipNature><directOrIndirectOwnership><value>D</value></directOrIndirectOwnership></ownershipNature></derivativeSecurity><footnotes><footnote id="F1">This is the reporting person's annual grant made under the 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, previously approved by the Company's shareholders.</footnote></footnotes><ownerSignature><signatureName>Brian P. Lynch
Attorney-in-Fact
for Yotaro Kobayashi
under a Limited Power of Attorney
dated September 30, 2002</signatureName><signatureDate>2003-06-05</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>

