Charles Howell III pays tribute to Tiger Woods ahead of PGA Tour milestone

Charles Howell III has thanked Tiger Woods for ‘giving me a job’ as he prepares to make his 600th start on the PGA Tour.

Woods was at the peak of his powers when Howell turned professional in 2000, leaving Oklahoma State University a year before the end of his degree at the urging of his coach David Leadbetter.

“I was in my apartment in Stillwater, Oklahoma, toward the end of my junior year in college, and David Leadbetter said, ‘Are you ready to turn pro?’” Howell told the PGA Tour’s website ahead of his milestone appearance in the WM Phoenix Open.

Quite the milestone.