SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Twenty-six years have passed since Charles Howell III made his PGA Tour debut as a 17-year-old amateur at the 1996 Buick Challenge at Callaway Gardens.
Paired with Hugh Royer III and Jim “Jumbo” Elliott, he bogeyed the first two holes en route to shooting 80 and missing the cut, but it turned out to be the beginning of a fruitful career. This week, Howell is making his 600th career Tour start, a milestone that was worthy of a ceremony on Wednesday morning, where he was given a silver tray by PGA Tour executive Andy Pazder.
