David Howell (golfer)

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David Howell (born 23 June 1975) is an English golfer from Swindon. He has been ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Having started playing, training and competing at Manning's Heath Golf Club, he became a professional in 1995. He won the 1998 Australian PGA Championship, and the 1999 Dubai Desert Classic. He had no further wins for six years, but his form was nonetheless on a general upwards curve. He was tenth on the European Tour Order of Merit in 2004 and 2005 proved to be even better. In the spring he had back to back second places in The Daily Telegraph Dunlop Masters and the Nissan Irish Open, and in August he won the BMW International Open. By the autumn he reached the top twenty in the world rankings.

He then won the inaugural HSBC Champions tournament, which was played in November 2005, but was the first event of the 2006 European Tour season. The win took him to a career high of number 13 in the Official World Golf Rankings, making him the highest ranked British player and the second highest ranked European at that time. In May 2006 he won the BMW Championship and moved into the world top ten for the first time and on June 11 he moved to a new high of ninth. After leading the Order of Merit for most of the 2006 season, he eventually finished in 3rd place; a back injury caused his form to suffer in the latter half of the season.

Howell was a member of the winning European Ryder Cup teams in 2004 and 2006. As a member of the Great Britain & Ireland team in The Seve Trophy he was on the losing side in 2000, but a winner in 2003.

1 European Tour wins
2 Other wins
3 Team appearances
4 External links

[edit] European Tour wins

1999 Dubai Desert Classic
2005 BMW International Open
2006 HSBC Champions Tournament, BMW Championship

[edit] Other wins

1998 MasterCard Australian PGA Championship

[edit] Team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1995
Jacques Leglise Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1993 (winners)

Professional

Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2004 (winners), 2006 (winners)
Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing England): 1999
The Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2000, 2003 (winners), 2005 (winners)
WGC-World Cup (representing England): 2005