Who's who: Charles Howell III

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Who's who: Charles Howell III

  • Name:

    Charles Gordon Howell III
  • Country:

    USA
  • Born:

    June 20, 1979 in Augusta, Georgia.
  • Original/Home Club:

    Augusta CC
  • Occupation:

    Professional golfer
  • Turned Pro:

    2000

Roll of Honour

PGA Tour winner. Presidents Cup (2003).

Did you know?

Howell enjoyed three notable victories on the PGA Tour and two Presidents Cup appearances. In 2022, aged 43, he was enticed onto Greg Norman's "rebel" LIV Golf series, alongside a few other well-known but mainly "ageing" golf stars, and an abundance of lower-ranked "unknowns". (LIV Golf is a Saudi Arabian-bankrolled breakaway rival to the main international tours. It is based on limited-field 54-hole events, with massive prize funds, guaranteed payouts and, for some, eye-watering signing-on bonuses).

Top tournaments won by Charles Howell III

2023
America
197 (-16)
US$4 million
LIV Golf

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Howell, Charles III

Score

197 (-16)

Prize money

US$4 million

Title sponsor

LIV Golf

Played as the inaugural LIV Golf Mayakoba (Feb 24-26; 54-hole 48-player no-cut individual event, and accompanying 4-player team event). [El Camaleón course, Mayakoba Resort, Riviera Maya, Mexico].
Individual event: second-placed Peter Uihlein (USA) finished 4 shots behind Charles Howell III (USA), who pocketed the $4 million first prize.
Team event: second-placed Four Aces team (Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Pat Perez & Peter Uihlein) finished 9 shots behind the Crushers team (Bryson DeChambeau, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri & Paul Casey), who shared the $3 million team first prize.
Note: the first of fourteen 2023 LIV Golf League events run by Greg Norman's Saudi Arabian-bankrolled LIV Golf company.

2018
America
263 (-19)
$1,152,000
RSM

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Howell, Charles III

Score

263 (-19)

Prize money

$1,152,000

Title sponsor

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].

2007
America
268 (-16)
$936,000
Nissan

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Howell, Charles III

Score

268 (-16)

Prize money

$936,000

Title sponsor

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].

2002
America
270 (-14)
$666,000
Michelob

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Howell, Charles III

Score

270 (-14)

Prize money

$666,000

Title sponsor

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].

2001
Awards
$2,702,747
see Score
PGA Tour

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Howell, Charles III

Venue

Score

$2,702,747

Prize money

see Score

Title sponsor

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.

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