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.

Early years and amateur career

Howell was born Howell graduated from Westminster Schools of Augusta,

2013

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

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

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

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

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

thumb|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.

2019

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.

2023

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

Personal

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

Amateur wins

1996 AJGA Tournament of Champions
2000 NCAA Division I Championship

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (3)

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of victory!!Runner(s)-up

|align=center|1

|align=right|Oct 6, 2002

|Michelob Championship at Kingsmill

|−14 (70-65-68-67=270)

|2 strokes

| Scott Hoch, Brandt Jobe

|align=center|2

|align=right|Feb 18, 2007

|Nissan Open

|−16 (69-65-69-65=268)

|Playoff

| Phil Mickelson

|align=center|3

|align=right|Nov 18, 2018

|RSM Classic

|−19 (64-64-68-67=263)

|Playoff

| Patrick Rodgers

PGA Tour playoff record (2–4)

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result

|-style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|1

|2001

|Greater Milwaukee Open

| Shigeki Maruyama

|Lost to birdie on first extra hole

|-style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|2

|2003

|Nissan Open

| Mike Weir

|Lost to birdie on second extra hole

|-style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|align=center|3

|2007

|Nissan Open

| Phil Mickelson

|Won with par on third extra hole

|-style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|4

|2013

|Humana Challenge

| Brian Gay, David Lingmerth

|Gay won with birdie on second extra hole Lingmerth eliminated by birdie on first hole

|-style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|5

|2017

|Quicken Loans National

| Kyle Stanley

|Lost to par on first extra hole

|-style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|align=center|6

|2018

|RSM Classic

| Patrick Rodgers

|Won with birdie on second extra hole

LIV Golf League wins (1)

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of victory!!Runner-up

|align=center|1

|align=right|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

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament

!2001

!2002

!2003

!2004

!2005

!2006

!2007

!2008

!2009

|align=left|Masters Tournament

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T29

|T28

|T13

|CUT

|T30

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|align=left|U.S. Open

|CUT

|T18

|T53

|T36

|T75

|T37

|T51

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|align=left|The Open Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T65

|T42

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

|align=left|PGA Championship

|T22

|T17

|style="background:yellow;"|T10

|T31

|T15

|CUT

|T42

|T47

|CUT

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament

!2010

!2011

!2012

!2013

!2014

!2015

!2016

!2017

!2018

|align=left|Masters Tournament

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T19

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|align=left|U.S. Open

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T25

|align=left|The Open Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T28

|T64

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

|align=left|PGA Championship

|T48

|T26

|CUT

|T65

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T73

|T71

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament

!2019!!2020

|align=left|Masters Tournament

|T32

|T46

|align=left|PGA Championship

|T41

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|align=left|U.S. Open

|T52

|30

|align=left|The Open Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center

!Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made

|align=left|Masters Tournament || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 10 || 7

|align=left|PGA Championship || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 18 || 13

|align=left|U.S. Open || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 12 || 9

|align=left|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

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament

!2002

!2003

!2004

!2005

!2006

!2007

!2008

!2009

|align=left|The Players Championship

|T60

|T32

|CUT

|T53

|79

|CUT

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament

!2010

!2011

!2012

!2013

!2014

!2015

!2016

!2017

!2018

!2019

|align=left|The Players Championship

|CUT

|T66

|CUT

|T56

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T17

|T35

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament

!2020!!2021

|align=left|The Players Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|C

|style="background:yellow;"|T9

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

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Tournament!!2002!!2003!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!2016!!2017!!2018!!2019

|align="left"|Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T21

|T59

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T16

|T51

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T17

|T12

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T14

|align="left"|Match Play

|R32

|R64

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

|R32

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|R32

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

|T24

|align="left"|Invitational

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T21

|style="background:yellow;"|T9

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T39

|T27

|T29

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|align="left"|Champions

|colspan=7 style="background:#D3D3D3;"|

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T15

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T36

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Tournament!!2020

|align="left"|Championship

|T53

|align="left"|Match Play

|NT1

|align="left"|Invitational

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|align="left"|Champions

|NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Season !! Starts !! Cuts made !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Best finish !! Earnings ($) !! Money list rank

| 1996 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || Cut || style="text-align:right;"|0 || n/a

| 1997 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || Cut || style="text-align:right;"|0 || n/a

| 2000 || 13 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 3 || style="text-align:right;"|263,533 || n/a

| 2001 || 24 || 20 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 14 || 2 || style="text-align:right;"|1,520,632 || n/a

| 2002 || 32 || 27 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 7 || 16 || 1 || style="text-align:right;"|2,702,747 || style="background:yellow;"|9

| 2003 || 31 || 29 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 6 || 16 || 2 || style="text-align:right;"|2,568,955 || 14

| 2004 || 30 || 22 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 5 || 10 || 2 || style="text-align:right;"|1,702,485 || 33

| 2005 || 29 || 21 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 6 || 13 || T2 || style="text-align:right;"|2,074,329 || 29

| 2006 || 30 || 20 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 5 || 2 || style="text-align:right;"|1,553,105 || 52

| 2007 || 26 || 19 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 5 || 8 || 1 || style="text-align:right;"|2,832,091 || 18

| 2008 || 31 || 22 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 12 || T3 || style="text-align:right;"|1,449,232 || 69

| 2009 || 29 || 21 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 8 || T2 || style="text-align:right;"|1,804,460|| 46

| 2010 || 28 || 23 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 11|| T4 || style="text-align:right;"|1,482,211 || 60

| 2011 || 30 || 25 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 7 || 15 || T3 || style="text-align:right;"|2,509,223 || 25

| 2012 || 29 || 20 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 8 || T2 || style="text-align:right;"|1,284,578 || 67

| 2013 || 26 || 19 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 9 || T2 || style="text-align:right;"|1,877,389 || 38

| 2014 || 29 || 24 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 6 || 10 || T3 || style="text-align:right;"|1,997,044 || 45

| 2015 || 30 || 23 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 7 || T5 || style="text-align:right;"|1,257,361 || 77

| 2016 || 25 || 21 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 14 || T4 || style="text-align:right;"|1,974,962 || 47

| 2017 || 23 || 20 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 5 || 10 || 2 || style="text-align:right;"|2,606,383 || 37

| 2018 || 28 || 24 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 14 || T4 || style="text-align:right;"|2,179,725 || 53

| 2019 || 27 || 21 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 12 || 1 || style="text-align:right;"|3,039,049 || 27

| 2020 || 20 || 14 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 6 || T3 || style="text-align:right;"|1,371,807 || 65

| 2021 || 21 || 14 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 5 || T9 || style="text-align:right;"|947,154 || 139

| 2022 || 16 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 5 || T4 || style="text-align:right;"|1,026,002 || 122

! Career* !! 609 !! 467 !! 3 !! 16 !! 10 !! 98 !! 230 !! 1 !! 42,025,458 !! n/a**

<nowiki>*</nowiki> As of the 2022 season