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 had previously gone 0-4 in European Tour playoffs.

In 2015, Howell won the Beko Classic, a tournament sanctioned by the PGAs of Europe, by 5 shots after rounds of 70, 69 and 67 at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal in Turkey.

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. In 2014, Howell was named as part of a five-man selection panel deciding Europe's 2016 Ryder Cup captain.

Howell is represented by Octagon (sports agency).

He also occasionally works for Sky Sports as a commentator and analyst as well as writing regular columns for The Golf Paper. 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. He has been also sponsored by Adams Golf since May 2013.

Amateur wins (1)

• 1993 Boys Amateur Championship

Professional wins (7)

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 (2)

• 1998 (1) MasterCard Australian PGA Championship
• 2015 (1) Beko Classic

Results in major championships

Tournament	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	T44	T45
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T11	T19	T44	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	WD	T16	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	T53	T7	T52
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T45	CUT	67	CUT	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT	DNP	T65	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T15	T49
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT

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

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	1	2	13	7
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Totals	0	0	0	0	1	5	26	14

• Most consecutive cuts made - 3 (twice)
• Longest streak of top-10s - 1

Results in World Golf Championship events

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Cadillac Match Play Championship	DNP	DNP	R32	QF	R64	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Cadillac Championship	T28	3	T6	T13	T55	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Bridgestone Invitational	DNP	DNP	T6	T59	T61	T73	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T52	DNP
HSBC Champions	-	-	-	-	-	-	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	70	DNP	T30

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)

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