Playing off a handicap of 2 he finished tied for third place in a competition marking the opening of the municipal course at Moore Park, New South Wales.

[5] Two weeks later, playing for the Bonnie Doon Golf Club, he finished 4th in qualifying for the New South Wales Amateur Championship, and reached the semi-finals, losing to Eric Apperly at the 37th hole.

[11][12] In the 1920 NSW Amateur, Howard met Eric Apperly in the first match-play round and lost by one hole.

[16] In the Australian Open, Howard tied for 6th place, and then lost in the semi-final of the amateur championship to Legh Winser, 4 and 3.

[19] He made a good start as a professional, winning a 36-hole open event at Royal Sydney in June.

[21][22] Later in the year he played in the inaugural Victorian Professional Championship, finishing runner-up, a stroke behind Dan Soutar.

[27] Earlier in the year he had reached quarter-finals of the Sun Tournament, losing to Dan Soutar and the following week had won the New South Wales Professional Championship, three strokes ahead of Carnegie Clark, after rounds of 71 and 73 on the final day.

[28][29] In early July 1925 Howard had his biggest financial success, winning the £500 Herald-Sun Tournament at Royal Melbourne.

[38] In 1931 he won the New South Wales Professional Championship for the second time, beating Don Spence, 13 and 11, in the final at Concord.

[39] The following week he was runner-up in the inaugural New South Wales Close Championship, narrowly losing a three-man playoff to Charlie Gray.

[43] The previous year Cullen had beaten Howard by a stroke in a 36-hole playoff after the two had tied in the Western Australian Open.