Charles Howell III
Name:
Charles Gordon Howell IIICountry:
USABorn:
June 20, 1979 in Augusta, Georgia.Original/Home Club:
Augusta CCOccupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
2000America
RSM
Played as the RSM Classic (Nov 15-18, 2018; PGA Tour 2018/19 season). Charles Howell III (USA) beat Patrick Rodgers (USA) with a birdie at the second playoff hole (par-4 18th), to record his third PGA Tour win and first since 2007. [Seaside course, Sea Island GC, GA; Plantation course also used during first two rounds].
America
Nissan
Played as the Nissan Open (Feb 15-18). Howell (USA) beat Phil Mickelson (USA) with a par at the third playoff hole, to record his second PGA Tour win. [Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, CA].
America
Michelob
Played as the Michelob Championship at Kingsmill (Oct 3-6; the last of the 36 editions of this event, which started in 1968). Second-placed Scott Hoch (USA) and Brandt Jobe (USA) finished 2 shots behind 23-year-old Charles Howell III (USA), who recorded his first PGA Tour win. [River course, Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, VA].
Awards
PGA Tour
Howell (USA) won the PGA Tour 2001 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished ninth on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $2,702,747.
Tournaments:
LPGA Tour Championship: the CME Group Tour Championship brings the curtain down on the LPGA Tour’s 2020 season at Tiburón Golf Club in Florida (Dec 17-20).
Race to Dubai: the European Tour’s season-long Order of Merit comes to its conclusion in the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai (Dec 10-13).
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