Charles Howell III

Howell grew up near Augusta National Golf Club and was a member of Augusta Country Club, which is adjacent to Amen Corner. A next-door neighbor was the first person who introduced him to golf at age 7, and he won five tournaments before his 11th birthday. Shot his first sub-70 tournament round at age 10, the same age at which he began taking lessons from instructor David Leadbetter. Was runner-up at the 1996 U.S. Junior Amateur and a semifinalist at the U.S. Junior Amateur in 1993 and '94. Played in five U.S. Amateur Championships.
Capped off his college golf career in 2000 by winning the NCAA Championship in both the team and individual competitions. His rounds of 67-66-63-69 gave him an eight-stroke win. Won the Jack Nicklaus Award for college golfer of the year. Turned professional right after his NCAA win.
In 2000, he earned special temporary member status in only six events after turning professional on June 26. Made the cut in seven of 11 official Tour events. Best effort of the season came at the John Deere Classic, a solo 3rd. The week before turning professional, he turned in a 2nd-place finish at the Greensboro Open, the highest amateur finish in Nationwide Tour history at the time. Since 2001, has earned over $1 million a year, and in five of those years moved past the $2-million mark. His best year was a toss-up between his rookie year in 2002 when he won his first PGA Tour event and earned Rookie of the Year honors with earnings of $2,702,747 to rank 9th on the money list, and 2007, when he won $2,832,091 and finished 18th on the money list, winning his second tour title.
Member 2003 and '07 Presidents Cup team.
2011 Notes: Finished the season No. 19 in the FedExCup standings, his best showing since ranking No. 18 during the inaugural FedExCup in 2007.
2012 Notes: Finished runner-up to Johnson Wagner by two strokes at the Sony Open. It was his second runner-up finish there (2007, '12). Finished the year with a pair of top-10s, and rankeds 84th in the FedExCup standings, and 67th on the money list.
2013 Notes: Started fast with a T-3rd at the Sony Open in Hawaii, his seventh top-5 finish there -- 2013 (T-3rd), 2011 (T-2nd), 2010 (T-5th), 2009 (4th), 2007 (T-2nd), 2005 (T-3rd) and 2002 (T-4th). The next week, he lost a playoff to Brian Gay at the Humana Challenge. It was his 14th career runner-up finish. Added three more top-10s during the year and finished 35th in the FedExCup standings.
2014 Notes: Put together another quick start, with six top-10s in his first 10 tournaments. His best finish of the year came at the HP Byron Nelson, where he finished T-3rd. He was given an exemption into the British Open two weeks before the event but did not attend. Finished 34th in the FedExCup standings and 45th on the money list. To that point, he earned at least $1.2 million every year since 2001.
2015 Notes: With 30 PGA Tour starts and 23 cuts made, it was another consistent year with three top-10s. Best results were T-5th finishes at the Farmers Insurance Open and Shell Houston Open. For the third consecutive year, he made his only major start at the PGA Championship. He finished 79th in the FedExCup standings and 77th on the money list.
2016 Notes: In 25 starts, made the cut in 21 events with five top-10s. Finished T-4th at the AT&T Byron Nelson, two strokes from the Sergio Garcia/Brooks Koepka playoff, and T-5th at the Valspar Championship. He was 52nd in the FedExCup standings and 47th on the money list.
2017 Notes: Had 23 PGA Tour starts and made 20 cuts. Was in the top-10 five times and finished 40th in the FedExCup standings. After missing the cut in his first start at the Safeway Open, he made 17 consecutive cuts before missing the British Open's 36-hole cut. Was runner-up at the Farmers Insurance Open and the Quicken Loans National, where he lost a playoff to Kyle Stanley. Opened with a 63 at the John Deere to lead after the first round, shot 69-70-70 to fall back into T-19th. Made it through three of the four FedExCup playoff events, finishing 40th in the FedExCup standings.
2018 Notes: Played 28 PGA Tour events, making 14 cuts with four top-10 results. Placed 53rd in the FedExCup standings. Finished T-4th at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba, then T-6th at the Farmers Insurance Open. Made it to the round of 16 at the WGC-Dell Match Play Championship, losing to Kiradech Aphibarnrat, 1-up. Finished T-9th at the AT&T Byron Nelson.
2019 Notes: Has played in 27 PGA Tour events, making 21 cuts with five top-10 cuts. Was 28th in the FedExCup standings. Howell started the year with a T-5th at the CIMB Classic and he defeated Patrick Rodgers on the second hole of a playoff to win the RSM Classic. It was his third PGA Tour victory in 529 career starts and the first since the 2007 Genesis Open, a span of 11 years, 9 months, and 333 starts. Finished T-8th at the Sony Open in Hawaii and 6th at the Genesis Open, five strokes behind winner J.B. Holmes. Shot 65-65 over the weekend to finish T-6th at the John Deere Classic, five strokes back of winner Kylan Frittelli. Became one of nine players to qualify for the FedExCup playoffs in each of the first 13 seasons of the FedExCup era, and reached the Tour Championship for the first time since 2011.
2020 Notes: Began the season with a T-4th finish at the Safeway Open, four strokes behind winner Cameron Champ. T-8th at the Zozo Championship. Was T-3rd at the 3M Open, three strokes behind winner Michael Thompson. In the FedExCup playoffs, he finished T-44th at the Northern Trust and T-48th at the BMW Championship.
The 2020 Masters will mark Howell's 50th major start. He has finished in the top-10 just once, a T-10th at the 2003 PGA Championship. Going into the Houston Open, Howell has 96 top-10 results in 571 career PGA Tour starts. He has won $40,169,207 for a ranking of 20th on the career money list.