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.

Howell was born[2] and raised in Augusta, Georgia, the home town of the Masters Tournament.

[2] Howell graduated from Westminster Schools of Augusta,[3] and soon after attended Oklahoma State University,[2] where he majored in Business Management.

[3] In 2000, he was a member of Oklahoma State's winning team and also the individual winner at the NCAA Division I Golf Championship with a record-setting 23-under-par performance.

Also in 2000, he won the Haskins Award honoring the most outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States.

He earned $263,533 but did not have an official money list rank because he was not a full PGA Tour member.

Howell also placed in 4th at the Reno-Tahoe Open and he finished in a tie for 3rd at the Michelob Championship at Kingsmill.

Just like in 2000, Howell did not have an official money list rank because he was not a full PGA Tour member.

Howell won his first PGA Tour tournament at the Michelob Championship at Kingsmill in October.

[2] Early in the 2003 season, Howell lost in a playoff to Mike Weir at the Nissan Open.

His overall record at the competition was 3-2 including a match play victory over fellow young golfer Adam Scott.

The next week Howell made it to the round of 16 at the 2007 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.

Howell entered the 2007 FedEx Cup Playoffs in 8th place in the points standings.

Howell shared the lead going into the final round of the Turning Stone Resort Championship in October but ended up finishing tied for 3rd after shooting a 73 (+1).

Howell made 22 of 31 cuts on the year while recording four top-10s, 12 top 25s and finishing 95th in the FedEx Cup standings.

[2] Howell started the 2009 season strong in January with a 4th-place finish in the Sony Open in Hawaii; three behind winner Zach Johnson.

The week after the Transitions Championship, Howell finished T22 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

At the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Howell was again in position to win the tournament before bogeying two of the last four holes to finish two behind winner Jerry Kelly.

Howell recently made an instructional switch from David Leadbetter to Todd Anderson of the Sea Island Golf Club.

[2] Howell started the 2010 season strong posting top-10s in three of his first six tournaments, most notably a T-5 at the Sony Open in Hawaii.

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.

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.

[2] On November 18, 2018, Howell recorded his first win since 2007, defeating Patrick Rodgers on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff at the RSM Classic, and putting him at the top of the FedEx Cup standings going into the 2019 calendar year.

This win gave him an exemption into the 2019 Masters Tournament in his hometown of Augusta, Georgia.

He failed to make the FedEx Cup Playoffs for the first time in its 15 year existence.

However, Howell retained his PGA Tour card because of his win in the 2018 RSM Classic.

In 2022, Howell made 11 of 16 cuts on the PGA Tour with a best finish of T4 at the Valero Texas Open.

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.

* As of the 2022 season[2] **Howell III was removed from the PGA Tour Career Earnings list once he joined LIV Golf in 2022.