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

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)

PGA Tour playoff record (2–4)

LIV Golf League wins (1) 1Co-sanctioned by the MENA Tour

Results in major championships Results not in chronological order in 2020.

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

Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (2001 PGA – 2004 PGA) Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in The Players Championship

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. 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 Season Starts Cutsmade Wins 2nd 3rd Top-10 Top-25 Bestfinish Earnings($) Moneylist rank 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** As of the 2022 season 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 Amateur Palmer Cup: 1998 (tie)

Professional Presidents Cup: 2003 (tie), 2007 (winners)