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CHARLES HOWELL III
EXEMPT STATUS: 2002 tournament winner (through 2004)
FULL NAME: Charles Howell III
HEIGHT: 5-11
WEIGHT: 155
BIRTHDATE: June 20, 1979
BIRTHPLACE: Augusta, GA
RESIDENCE: Orlando, FL
FAMILY: Wife, Heather
EDUCATION: Oklahoma State
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fitness, nutrition, fishing
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 2000
JOINED TOUR: 2001
PGA TOUR Victories
(1) 2002 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill.
Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Positions
$335,350 (23)
Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes
T7--Buick Invitational
Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round
66 at Round 2, Mercedes Championships, at Round 2, Sony Open in Hawaii, at Round 1, Phoenix Open
Current Year PGA TOUR Highlights
Despite missing the cut at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, extended par or better streak to 34 consecutive rounds dating back to the 2002 Valero Texas Open.
Best PGA TOUR Finishes
1--2002 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill.
Best Nationwide Tour Finishes
T2--2000 BUY.COM Greensboro Open.
Best 2002 PGA TOUR Finishes
1--Michelob Championship at Kingsmill, 2--THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola, T3--Reno-Tahoe Open, T4--Sony Open in Hawaii, T6--Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Nissan Open, Invensys Classic at Las Vegas,
2002 Season PGA TOUR
Tournaments Entered--32; in money--27; Top 10 finishes--7
2002 Season Highlights
Followed a successful rookie campaign with an even better sophomore season thanks to a victory and ninth-place finish on the season money list with $2,702,747...Picked up his first career victory in his 68th TOUR event at the Michelob Championship at Kingsmill. Began final round two strokes behind leader Brandt Jobe and final-round 67 gave him the two-stroke victory. With $4,223,379 in earnings over his first two years as a TOUR member, surpassed Carlos Franco ($3,415,176) as the player with the most money won in his first two seasons on TOUR...Tied Waialea CC course record with a second-round 62 on way to his first top-10 finish of the season, a T4 at the Sony Open in Hawaii...The next week posted a T6 at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic at 26-under-par 334. Fell out of contention with double bogey on par-3 17th hole of Sunday's final round...Tied Riviera CC record with front-nine, 7-under 28 in third round of Nissan Open for a 64 and eventual T6...Made his first appearance in the Masters Tournament in hometown of Augusta, finishing T29...Grabbed first-round lead with a 7-under-par 65 at the Reno-Tahoe Open. After Friday-Saturday rounds of 73-73, posted a 64 to jump to T3 finish, four strokes behind champion Chris Riley...Added a T6 finish at the Invensys Classic at Las Vegas, where he shared the second-round lead with Jim Furyk...Runner-up to Vijay Singh in season-ending TOUR Championship, which helped to earn him Player of the Month honors for October/November. Held second-round lead. Only player in field to post four rounds in the 60s and finished season with 16 consecutive rounds in the 60s...Earned $1,440,100 in last four starts of the season...Ranked No. 1 in Total Driving.
Career Highlights
2001: Rookie of the Year. Earned his 2002 PGA TOUR card by playing TOUR events via sponsor exemptions. Earned Special Temporary Member status for the second consecutive season...Ranked first in PGA TOUR non-member earnings with $1,520,632. Earnings would have ranked 33rd on TOUR official money list...Five top-10s on the season...First top-10 came at the BellSouth Classic, a T6...Lost in sudden-death playoff at Greater Milwaukee Open to Shigeki Maruyama. Birdied six of last seven holes of regulation to shoot 64 and force playoff. But bogeyed first sudden-death hole as Maruyama made birdie. 2000: 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 third...Week before turning professional, turned in a second-place finish at the Greensboro Open, the highest amateur finish in Nationwide Tour history. Amateur: 2000 NCAA Champion as a junior at Oklahoma State. Winning total of 23-under-par set NCAA Championship scoring record...Two-time first-team All-American...Recipient of Jack Nicklaus and Fred Haskins Awards...Big 12 Champion and Big 12 Player of the Year in 2000...Represented United States at 2000 Palmer Cup...1996 AJGA Player of the Year...Three-time first-team AJGA All-American...Captured 1996 Rolex Tournament of Champions.
Personal
Grew up near Augusta National Golf Club, the home of the Masters Tournament, and was a member of Augusta Country Club, which is adjacent to Amen Corner...Next-door neighbor was the first person who introduced him to golf...Started playing golf at age 7 and 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...Father is a pediatric surgeon.
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