David Howell (golfer)

David Howell
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	David Alexander Howell
Born	(1975-06-23) 23 June 1975 Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Nationality	England
Residence	Virginia Water, Surrey, England
Spouse	Emily
Children	Freddie George
Career
Turned professional	1995
Current tour(s)	European Tour (joined 1996) PGA Tour (joined 2005)
Professional wins	6
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	5
Other	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	T11: 2005
U.S. Open	T16: 2006
The Open Championship	T7: 2008
PGA Championship	T45: 2004

David Alexander Howell (born 23 June 1975) is an English professional golfer from Swindon. His career to date peaked in 2006, when he was ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for a short time.^[1]

Career

After training and competing at Broome Manor Golf Club, he became a professional golfer 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, won the BMW International Open. By the autumn he reached the top 20 in the world rankings.

In November 2005, he won the inaugural HSBC Champions tournament, 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 Ranking, 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 in June 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 and limited his appearances through 2007. In 2013, Howell had his first European Tour win in six years at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, beating American Peter Uihlein in a playoff.

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.

Howell is represented by International Sports Management.

He also occasionally works for Sky Sports as a commentator and analyst. He is sponsored by Titleist and is one of the only players on the European Tour to use the Titleist DT Solo ball due to the amount of spin he can generate around the greens.^{[citation needed]}

Amateur wins (1)

• 1993 Boys Amateur Championship

Professional wins (6)

European Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	14 Feb 1999	Dubai Desert Classic	−13 (69-68-71-67=275)	4 strokes	Lee Westwood
2	28 Aug 2005	BMW International Open	−23 (66-68-66-65=265)	1 stroke	John Daly, Brett Rumford
3	13 Nov 2005 (2006 season)	HSBC Champions Tournament	−20 (65-67-68-68=268)	3 strokes	Tiger Woods
4	28 May 2006	BMW Championship	−17 (68-65-69-69=271)	5 strokes	Simon Khan
5	29 Sep 2013	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	−23 (67-68-63-67=265)	Playoff	Peter Uihlein

European Tour playoff record (1–4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2001	Victor Chandler British Masters	Mathias Grönberg, Robert Karlsson, Thomas Levet	Levet won with birdie on third extra hole Howell and Karlsson eliminated with par on first hole
2	2005	Daily Telegraph Dunlop Masters	Thomas Bjørn, Brian Davis	Bjørn won with par on second extra hole Davis eliminated with par on first hole
3	2005	Nissan Irish Open	Stephen Dodd	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4	2008	Estoril Open de Portugal	Grégory Bourdy, Alastair Forsyth	Bourdy won with birdie on third extra hole Forsyth eliminated with par on second hole
5	2013	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	Peter Uihlein	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Other wins (1)

• 1998 (1) MasterCard Australian PGA Championship

Results in major championships

DNP = did not play
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

• Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2006 PGA – 2007 Open Championship)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in World Golf Championship events

DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

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

Professional

• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing England): 1999
• Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2000, 2003 (winners), 2005 (winners)
• Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2004 (winners), 2006 (winners)
• WGC-World Cup (representing England): 2005, 2006
• Royal Trophy (representing Europe): 2006 (winners), 2013 (winners)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to David Howell.

• Official website
• David Howell at the European Tour official site
• David Howell at the PGA Tour official site
• David Howell at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

v t e European Ryder Cup team – 2004 Paul Casey Darren Clarke Luke Donald Sergio García Pádraig Harrington David Howell Miguel Ángel Jiménez Thomas Levet Paul McGinley Colin Montgomerie Ian Poulter Lee Westwood Bernhard Langer (non-playing captain) Won: 18.5 – 9.5

v t e European Ryder Cup team – 2006 Paul Casey Darren Clarke Luke Donald Sergio García Pádraig Harrington David Howell Robert Karlsson Paul McGinley Colin Montgomerie José María Olazábal Henrik Stenson Lee Westwood Ian Woosnam (non-playing captain) Won: 18.5 – 9.5