Four limited-edition designs land on the Chrome Tour for the PGA Championship at Aronimink: Broad Street, the Liberty Bell, a soft pretzel and Benjamin Franklin.
The Chrome Tour Major Series rolls into Round 2 of 2026 and this month’s installment goes full Philly. In case you weren’t aware (no judgment), the May major is the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa.
Newtown Square is technically a Delaware County township.
But for the purposes of this golf ball, it’s Philadelphia.
What’s on each ball
Four designs, all unmistakably city-coded.
- The Broad Street sign
- The Liberty Bell
- A Philly-shaped soft pretzel
- Benjamin Franklin
Rather than going true to the letter and honoring the suburban office-park reality of Newtown Square, Callaway wisely played to Philly proper. That’s how we get the Liberty Bell instead of a Wawa logo and Franklin instead of a guy in a polo selling accounting software.
Good call.
Chrome Tour only, and that’s actually fine
No X. No Triple Diamond. No Chrome Soft. If the core of the Callaway lineup isn’t your gamer, the Major Series isn’t really for you this month. That’s a familiar pattern by now and I’d argue it’s the right one. Chrome Tour is Callaway’s flagship tour ball and forcing a special run across every model to satisfy collectors is impractical, even if I’d personally like to see Chrome Tour X and Triple Diamond pop into the limited-edition mix a bit more often.
What’s missing
It’s hard to argue with Callaway’s design choices. Philly is a target-rich environment. Still …
A cheesesteak. How does this not exist? If anything is more Philly than a soft pretzel, it’s a cheesesteak. The compromise writes itself: pretzel on one side, cheesesteak on the other. You’re welcome, Callaway.
The “Fro Knows Photo” guy (Jared Polin) instead of Franklin. Hear me out. Polin is a Philly native and arguably the most recognizable head of hair within the city limits. Franklin’s already on the $100 bill and roughly 14 statues. Give somebody else a chance.
And while I can’t be 100 percent certain it’s missing (maybe Callaway did the run and just isn’t telling us), where are the special-edition Allen Iverson balls for the range and short-game area? We’re talking about practice, man.
Pricing and availability
The limited-edition Chrome Tour May Major golf balls are available May 7 for $59.99 per dozen.
pantleggs
5 months ago
A Philly-adjacent dweller and Chrome Tour player I called this all-too-obvious collection months ago. Hitting 75% of greens, I missed the Broad St. design assuming the ubiquitous cheesesteak would win out. I’ll pass on this drop given the lack of creativity on the part of Callaway.