![]() ![]() And I made myself look like Tiger … I put on a black Nike hat with a black Nike swoosh and we drove out the front gate really slow and they thought they found. “And then I took a lot of shoe polish and magic marker and whatnot. But we took the black Escalade and a friend of ours, who happened to be a blond female. Now, this idea should have ended there because had wrapped his Escalade around a fire hydrant and wasn’t driving it. “So, a friend of mine in the community drives a black Escalade, very similar to Tiger’s. Howell then told a story about how he thought it would be funny to punk the media looking for Woods. ![]() Well, Charles decided he’d have some fun with all of that. There were helicopters flying above, trying to get pictures of Tiger’s house, the hydrant, Tiger, whomever. ![]() I mean, it must’ve been 150 to 200 people there. ![]() Lewis continued: “Now just to set the scene, there were reporters crews, camera crews, outside the gates of Isleworth from all over the world. “You all remember the night Tiger Woods hit the fire hydrant with his car, right?” The 75 or so people in the tent laughed nervously and nodded, unsure why the 2009 accident outside Orlando, Florida, that contributed to Woods’ tragic fall was being raised at the national championship.Ĭharles Howell III plays his shot from the 15th tee during the second round of the BMW Championship on the North Course at Olympia Fields Country Club on Aug. Typically, the players’ answers would match the banality of the questions.īut after a couple of softballs, Lewis started describing a story that Howell had shared with him when asked for an amusing anecdote. Todd Lewis of the Golf Channel was slated to ask Howell and fellow pro Patrick Cantlay about how the players thought they did, what their chances were, the difficulty of the course, etc. While he wasn’t a contender to win (Howell finished tied for 52nd, 17 strokes behind winner Gary Woodland), I decided to attend to get some insight into how a physically unremarkable guy had willed himself to a remarkable career. As a golf journalist, I was familiar with Howell as a player, but I didn’t know much about him personally. One of the perks was the opportunity to attend private post-round interviews with players, including Howell, in the sponsor’s hospitality tent beside the 18th fairway. I had been invited to the tournament by one of the corporate sponsors of the USGA, the organization that owns and operates the US Open. The combination of an iconic course and a stalking Woods made for a US Open that captured the interest of even the most casual of golf fans. The competition on the course last year was amazing, with a resurgent Woods, fresh off a win at the Masters, in contention on the course where he had played perhaps the greatest golf ever in winning the championship in 2000. In 2019, Howell qualified for the US Open, which was being held at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. He has accumulated $40 million in winnings while barely making a ripple on the general sports conscience because, at 5-foot-10 and 160 pounds, Howell has been playing in the shadows of Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson and other bigger, stronger athletes.Īs befits a player with such a strong record, Howell has made multiple appearances in the game’s major tournaments: the PGA, The Open, the Masters and the US Open. Since turning professional in 2000, “Chucky Three Sticks” has amassed 90 top-10 tournament finishes, including three wins and 19 second-place finishes. For two decades, Charles Howell III has been one of the most consistent players on the PGA Tour. There are many pro golfers who wax and wane, and there are a few players who endure. ![]()
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