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Charles Howell III

Charles Gordon Howell III (born June 20, 1979) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on LIV Golf and formerly on the PGA Tour. He has been featured in the top 15 of the Official World Golf Ranking and ranked 9th on the PGA Tour money list in 2002. Known as one of the most consistent players on tour, he has garnered over 90 top-ten finishes in his career, earning about $42 million and has three PGA Tour victories, his most recent in 2018.

Charles Howell III
Howell III at the 2018 U.S. Open
Personal information
Full nameCharles Gordon Howell III
NicknameChucky Three Sticks [1]
Born (1979-06-20) June 20, 1979 (age 45)
Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, U.S.
SpouseHeather Howell
Children2
Career
CollegeOklahoma State University
Turned professional2000
Current tour(s)LIV Golf
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking15 (February 23, 2003)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour3
LIV Golf1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT13: 2004
PGA ChampionshipT10: 2003
U.S. OpenT18: 2002
The Open ChampionshipT28: 2011
Achievements and awards
Haskins Award2000
PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year		2001

Early years and amateur career

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Howell was born[2] and raised in Augusta, Georgia, the home town of the Masters Tournament. He was introduced to golf at age 7 by next-door neighbor, Graham Hill, with whom he is still friends.[3] He was a member of Augusta Country Club, which is adjacent to Amen Corner at Augusta National Golf Club.[2] Howell graduated from Westminster Schools of Augusta,[3] and soon after attended Oklahoma State University,[2] where he majored in Business Management.[3] In 2000, he was a member of Oklahoma State's winning team and also the individual winner at the NCAA Division I Golf Championship with a record-setting 23-under-par performance. Also in 2000, he won the Haskins Award honoring the most outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States.[2]

Howell played in three professional events as an amateur. At the age of 17, Howell participated in his first PGA Tour event. He entered the Buick Challenge but missed the cut. The next year he missed the cut at the Canon Greater Hartford Open.

Professional career

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2000

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Howell turned professional in 2000.[2] He played in his first tournament as a professional at the Canon Greater Hartford Open on July 2. He finished tied in 32nd place. Howell finished in 3rd at the John Deere Classic in only his third event. Howell played in 13 events in 2000 and made 7 cuts. He earned $263,533 but did not have an official money list rank because he was not a full PGA Tour member.[2] He had his first career runner-up finishes on the Buy.com Tour at the Greensboro Open.[2]

2001

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Howell placed in the top-10 in two of his first four events of the 2001 season. In July at the Greater Milwaukee Open he lost to Shigeki Maruyama in a playoff. Howell also placed in 4th at the Reno-Tahoe Open and he finished in a tie for 3rd at the Michelob Championship at Kingsmill. Howell entered 24 events in 2001 and he made 20 cuts. Howell earned $1,520,632 and recorded five top-10 finishes. Just like in 2000, Howell did not have an official money list rank because he was not a full PGA Tour member. Due to his successful year, Howell won the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year award.[2]

Also, in February Howell played in two European Tour events in Australia. He finished in a tie for 67th at the Heineken Classic and in a tie for 39th at the Greg Norman Holden International.

2002

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Howell became a full PGA Tour member for the 2002 season. He had a strong start to the season by placing in the top-10 in three of his first five events. Howell won his first PGA Tour tournament at the Michelob Championship at Kingsmill in October. Four weeks later he finished in second at The Tour Championship. He finished 2 strokes behind champion Vijay Singh. Howell entered 32 events in 2002 and made 27 cuts. He recorded seven top-10 finishes. Howell earned $2,702,747 and finished 9th on the money list.[2]

2003

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Early in the 2003 season, Howell lost in a playoff to Mike Weir at the Nissan Open. Howell recorded his best finish in a major at the PGA Championship in August. He finished tied for 10th place. Howell finished as the runner-up at The Tour Championship for the second year in a row. This time he finished 3 strokes behind Chad Campbell. Two weeks later Howell represented the United States in the Presidents Cup. The competition ended in a draw. Howell was paired with Tiger Woods for the foursomes and four-ball matches. His overall record at the competition was 3-2 including a match play victory over fellow young golfer Adam Scott. Howell defeated Scott by the score of 5&4. Howell entered 31 tournaments and made 29 cuts. He recorded six top-10s and earned $2,568,955. Howell finished in 14th on the money list.[2]

2004

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Howell's 2004 season did not go as well as previous ones. His best finished was a solo 2nd at the Booz Allen Classic in June. He finished 4 strokes behind Adam Scott. Howell shot a 61 (-10) in the 1st round which still stands as his lowest round in a PGA Tour tournament. Howell entered 30 tournaments and made 22 cuts. He recorded five top-10 finishes. He earned $1,703,485 and finished 33rd on the money list.[2]

2005

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Howell started off 2005 strong with top three finishes in consecutive weeks. He finished in a tie for 3rd at the Sony Open in Hawaii and in a tie for second at the Buick Invitational. Howell was not able to pick up a victory in 2005 but he recorded six top-10 finishes including five top 5 finishes. Howell entered 29 tournaments and made 21 cuts. He earned $2,074,329 and finished 29th on the money list.[2]

2006

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Howell did not have a very successful season in 2006. His only success was a tie for second at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and a solo second at the 84 Lumber Classic. Howell entered 30 tournaments and made 20 cuts. He recorded three top-10 finishes and only five top 25 finishes. He earned $1,553,105 and finished in 52nd on the money list.[2]

2007

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Howell bounced back from his disappointing 2006 season with a successful 2007 season. He recorded two runner-up finishes in his first three tournaments. He finished in a tie for 2nd at the Sony Open in Hawaii and in solo second at the Buick Invitational. On February 18, 2007 Howell won his second PGA Tour event. He won the Nissan Open by defeating Phil Mickelson in a playoff. The next week Howell made it to the round of 16 at the 2007 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Two weeks later he finished in a tie for 6th at the PODS Championship. Howell did not enjoy much success after that. His best finish after the PODS Championship in March was at the WGC-CA Championship where he finished in a tie for 16th place. Howell entered the 2007 FedEx Cup Playoffs in 8th place in the points standings. He played in all 4 playoff tournaments. His best finish came at the BMW Championship where he finished in a tie for 18th place. Howell went on to finish in 18th place in the final FedEx Cup points standings. Howell has earned $2,832,091 in 2007 and is currently in 18th place on the money list. He has entered 26 tournaments, making 19 cuts. He has recorded five top-10 finishes. Howell also participated in the Presidents Cup in September. The United States won the competition and Howell was 2–2 in his matches. He won his singles match against Stuart Appleby by the score of 2&1.[2]

2008

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Howell recorded his worst finish on the money list in his career in 2008, finishing in 69th with $1,449,232. He finished tied for 8th in the first tournament of the year at the Mercedes-Benz Championship. His next top-10 finish came at the AT&T Classic in May where he finished tied for 8th. He led the tournament going into the final round but shot a 74 (+2) to lose the lead. Howell shared the lead going into the final round of the Turning Stone Resort Championship in October but ended up finishing tied for 3rd after shooting a 73 (+1). Howell made 22 of 31 cuts on the year while recording four top-10s, 12 top 25s and finishing 95th in the FedEx Cup standings.[2]

2009

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Howell started the 2009 season strong in January with a 4th-place finish in the Sony Open in Hawaii; three behind winner Zach Johnson. In March, Howell finished with a respectable T21 at the Puerto Rico Open. The next week, Howell had his best finish of the season by finishing T2 in the Transitions Championship. Howell was in position to win the tournament after the 14th hole, but subsequently bogeyed two of the last four holes to finish one stroke behind winner Retief Goosen. The week after the Transitions Championship, Howell finished T22 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. At the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Howell was again in position to win the tournament before bogeying two of the last four holes to finish two behind winner Jerry Kelly. Howell missed 6 cuts in 8 events from May to July. Howell recently made an instructional switch from David Leadbetter to Todd Anderson of the Sea Island Golf Club.[2]

2010

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Howell started the 2010 season strong posting top-10s in three of his first six tournaments, most notably a T-5 at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Howell had six top-10 finishes in 2010, while missing only 5 of 28 cuts. His best finish in 2010 was T-4 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. He made $1,482,211.[2]

2011

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2011 was another consistent year for Howell. Howell's best finish of the year was a T-3, which happened twice in back to back weeks at the FedEx St. Jude Classic and the AT&T National tournaments. Howell had seven top-10 finishes in 2011 and qualified for the Tour Championship. He made $2,509,223.

2012

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Howell only had two top-10 finishes in 2012: T2 at the Sony Open in Hawaii and T7 at the McGladrey Classic.

He changed coaches before the fall series to Gary Gilchrist.[4]

2013

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Howell had five top-10 finishes in 2013: T-3 at the Sony Open in Hawaii, playoff loss (T-2) at the Humana Challenge, T-9 at the Farmers Insurance Open, T-10 at the Shell Houston Open and T-10 at the Wells Fargo Championship. He finished 38th on the money list and 35th in the FedEx Cup.

2014

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Howell had a good season in 2014 having six top-10 finishes and made 24 cuts. He finished T3 at the HP Byron Nelson Championship, T5 at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, T6 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, T6 at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba, T7 at the CIMB Classic, and T8 at the Sony Open in Hawaii.

2015

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Howell had another good season in 2015 having three top-10 finishes out of 23 cuts. He finished T5 at the Shell Houston Open, T5 at the Farmers Insurance Open, and T10 at the Valspar Championship. He finished T65 at the PGA Championship where he hadn't made the cut since 2011. He finished the end of 2015 being 77th on the money list and 79th on the FedEx Cup rankings.

2016

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Howell had five top-10 finishes and earned $1,974,962 in the 2015–16 PGA Tour season. He made 21 cuts in 25 events. His best finish was T4 at the AT&T Byron Nelson. He finished 52nd in the FedEx Cup.

2017

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Howell was the runner-up in the Farmers Insurance Open losing by three strokes to Jon Rahm. In July, he was a runner-up again, this time at the Quicken Loans National, losing in a playoff to Kyle Stanley. This took his tally of PGA Tour runner-up finishes to 16, and including one in the 2000 Buy.com Tour season, his career total is now 17. Howell finished 2017 with Tour earnings of $2,606,383, which was his highest in the last decade. The last time he earned at least that much was 2007, when he racked up $2,832,091, and it coincidentally was the year he won his last Tour title. Howell has now won at least $1,000,000 each season since his rookie year of 2001 (17 consecutive seasons), which is the second longest active streak on Tour, trailing only Phil Mickelson whose current streak started in 1996.

2018

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Howell III at the 2018 Sony Open in Hawaii.

Howell played in 28 events on the PGA Tour in the 2017–18 PGA Tour Season and made the cut in 24 of them. His best finish was a T4 in the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. He earned $2,179,725 and finished 53rd in the season-long FedEx Cup.[2]

On November 18, 2018, Howell recorded his first win since 2007, defeating Patrick Rodgers on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff at the RSM Classic, and putting him at the top of the FedEx Cup standings going into the 2019 calendar year. This win gave him an exemption into the 2019 Masters Tournament in his hometown of Augusta, Georgia. He has not played in the Masters since 2012. This tournament was part of the 2018–19 PGA Tour season.[5]

2019

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Howell played in 27 events on the PGA Tour in the 2018–19 PGA Tour season and made the cut in 21 of them. His best finish was his win at the RSM Classic. He had 12 top-25 finishes. He earned $3,039,049 and finished 28th in the season-long FedEx Cup.[2]

2020

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In 2020, Howell made 14 of 20 cuts and had three top 10 finishes. He made the FedEx Cup Playoffs for the 14th consecutive year. He finished at No. 69 in the 2020 FedEx Cup.

2021

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In 2021, Howell made 14 of 21 cuts but finished 139 in the 2021 FedEx Cup. He failed to make the FedEx Cup Playoffs for the first time in its 15 year existence. However, Howell retained his PGA Tour card because of his win in the 2018 RSM Classic.

2022

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In 2022, Howell made 11 of 16 cuts on the PGA Tour with a best finish of T4 at the Valero Texas Open. In July 2022, Howell joined LIV Golf.[6]

2023

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In February, Howell won the LIV Golf Mayakoba event for his first individual title on the LIV Golf League.[7]

Personal

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Howell lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife, Heather (formerly Heather Myers), and their two children.[3] Politically, Howell is a Republican albeit a "fanatically moderate" one.[8]

Amateur wins

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Professional wins (4)

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PGA Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 Oct 6, 2002 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill −14 (70-65-68-67=270) 2 strokes   Scott Hoch,   Brandt Jobe
2 Feb 18, 2007 Nissan Open −16 (69-65-69-65=268) Playoff   Phil Mickelson
3 Nov 18, 2018 RSM Classic −19 (64-64-68-67=263) Playoff   Patrick Rodgers

PGA Tour playoff record (2–4)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2001 Greater Milwaukee Open   Shigeki Maruyama Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2003 Nissan Open   Mike Weir Lost to birdie on second extra hole
3 2007 Nissan Open   Phil Mickelson Won with par on third extra hole
4 2013 Humana Challenge   Brian Gay,   David Lingmerth Gay won with birdie on second extra hole
Lingmerth eliminated by birdie on first hole
5 2017 Quicken Loans National   Kyle Stanley Lost to par on first extra hole
6 2018 RSM Classic   Patrick Rodgers Won with birdie on second extra hole

LIV Golf League wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Feb 26, 2023 LIV Golf Mayakoba1 −16 (68-66-63=197) 4 strokes   Peter Uihlein

1Co-sanctioned by the MENA Tour

Results in major championships

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Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament T29 T28 T13 CUT CUT T30 CUT
U.S. Open CUT T18 T53 T36 T75 T37 T51 CUT
The Open Championship T65 T42 CUT CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship T22 T17 T10 T31 T15 CUT T42 T47 CUT
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament T19
U.S. Open CUT T25
The Open Championship T28 T64 CUT CUT
PGA Championship T48 T26 CUT CUT CUT T65 T73 T71
Tournament 2019 2020
Masters Tournament T32 T46
PGA Championship T41
U.S. Open T52 30
The Open Championship NT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 7
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 4 18 13
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 9
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4
Totals 0 0 0 0 1 8 50 33
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (2001 PGA – 2004 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Players Championship T60 T32 CUT CUT T53 79 CUT CUT
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
The Players Championship CUT CUT CUT T66 CUT T56 CUT T17 T35
Tournament 2020 2021
The Players Championship C T9
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

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Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Championship T21 T59 T16 T51 T17 T12 T14
Match Play R32 R64 R64 R64 R64 R16 R32 R32 R16 R16 T24
Invitational T21 T9 T39 T27 T29
Champions T15 T36
Tournament 2020
Championship T53
Match Play NT1
Invitational
Champions NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

PGA Tour career summary

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Season Starts Cuts
made		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top-10 Top-25 Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank[9]
1996 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cut 0 n/a
1997 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cut 0 n/a
2000 13 7 0 0 1 1 2 3 263,533 n/a
2001 24 20 0 1 1 5 14 2 1,520,632 n/a
2002 32 27 1 1 1 7 16 1 2,702,747 9
2003 31 29 0 2 0 6 16 2 2,568,955 14
2004 30 22 0 1 0 5 10 2 1,702,485 33
2005 29 21 0 1 1 6 13 T2 2,074,329 29
2006 30 20 0 2 0 3 5 2 1,553,105 52
2007 26 19 1 2 0 5 8 1 2,832,091 18
2008 31 22 0 0 1 4 12 T3 1,449,232 69
2009 29 21 0 2 0 3 8 T2 1,804,460 46
2010 28 23 0 0 0 6 11 T4 1,482,211 60
2011 30 25 0 0 2 7 15 T3 2,509,223 25
2012 29 20 0 1 0 2 8 T2 1,284,578 67
2013 26 19 0 1 1 5 9 T2 1,877,389 38
2014 29 24 0 0 1 6 10 T3 1,997,044 45
2015 30 23 0 0 0 3 7 T5 1,257,361 77
2016 25 21 0 0 0 5 14 T4 1,974,962 47
2017 23 20 0 2 0 5 10 2 2,606,383 37
2018 28 24 0 0 0 4 14 T4 2,179,725 53
2019 27 21 1 0 0 5 12 1 3,039,049 27
2020 20 14 0 0 1 3 6 T3 1,371,807 65
2021 21 14 0 0 0 1 5 T9 947,154 139
2022 16 11 0 0 0 1 5 T4 1,026,002 122
Career* 609 467 3 16 10 98 230 1 42,025,458 n/a**[10]

* As of the 2022 season[2]
**Howell III was removed from the PGA Tour Career Earnings list once he joined LIV Golf in 2022. As of September 2022, he would be in the top 20 all-time.

U.S. national team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

References

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  1. ^ "Week 8 2003 Ending 23 Feb 2003" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Charles Howell III – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Biography". Charles Howell III's official site. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  4. ^ Walker, Mike (December 18, 2012). "Charles Howell III has new confidence after coaching change". Golf.com. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  5. ^ Smits, Garry (November 18, 2018). "Howell rallies from disastrous start to win RSM Classic in sudden death". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  6. ^ Schlabach, Mark (July 20, 2022). "Jason Kokrak, Charles Howell III join LIV International Golf Series". ESPN. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  7. ^ "Charles Howell III wins by 4 shots in Mexico for his 1st LIV event title". ESPN. Associated Press. February 26, 2023.
  8. ^ Feinstein, John. "$35M in earnings, 88 top-10s, but only 2 wins. Would you take Charles Howell III's career? He sure would". Golf Digest. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  9. ^ "Official Money". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  10. ^ "Career Money Leaders". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
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