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Congratulations to David Howell on winning the Dunhill Links championship today!  :clap:

Here here. Leefer is up on cloud 9 no doubt. David Howell is genuinely nice bloke, glad he's back.

Well that came from nowhere...was just thinking t'other day, that Howell was probably just about finished as he just seemed to make up the numbers these days. Good stuff.

Ryder Cup...here he comes!!

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Oh, leefer... that's made me feel ill...

Thats good then :D

Nice one. Well done !!!!

I followed him for a few holes when he played in the BMW Open in Munich in 1999. Had a very brief chat over the ropes to his then caddy, Jason Hemplemann, who I'd played against (lost 3 and 1) at Broome Manor when he was about 14. Jason went on to caddy for Colin Montgomerie I think.

Is he a Town fan?

Someone putt sonic out of his misery.

Let me google it then I might chip in.

I'm gonna have a sandwedge then look it up.

fuck off cunts

A little birdie told me he is.

Wasn't there a poster called STFCHowler on the old thisis forum? I always thought that might be him.

The answer is used to be, but now ManU.  I guess you were just  :fishing:, hooked a few  :)

I met his dad at a Swindon game as my dad knows him and were chatting at half time and apparently David had just earned his first million (Was some years ago now)

How does he come to be a Man U fan?

Many apparently normal people move in and out of supporting different clubs...all you need to do is say the words...I support manchester United... it's that easy.

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Maybe ealge  t'a place in t'Ryder Cup...

Sod David Howell then.

I support Tiger Woods

To be fair, his coach told him he needed to adopt a more positive outlook and think like a winner. You have to see his point.

TBF, think it was his sports psychologist....just as well Howell didn't use the same one as Henman, who gave up supporting Oxford for Fulham.

Julian Wilson, who for many years was the ears face of televised horse racing on the Beeb, stopped supporting the Town because he thought the fans were beastly to McMahon. Now this was a man who, when prompted by Des Lynham, was prepared to show the lacerations he'd acquired at the Selhurst 86/87 PO celebrating a Chalkie goal, on Grandstand.

Julian Wilson penned an article in the match programme for the first game I went to (STFC vs Bristol City, Sept 1990).  I still have the programme.  The article was titled 'Would you let your daughter marry a Bristol City fan?'

Fair play to Howler for getting back amongst the proper golfers. Pleased for him, although it's a bit of a pity because he's a cracking Sky pundit.

Can't see him being in the Ryder Cup side though.

You'd say McIlroy, Poults, Westwood, Donald, Stenson, Rose, G Mac, Kaymer and probably Sergio are all definitely going to play. That's 9.

I also think they'll be looking to get Colsaerts back in (strikes me as the next Poulter), maybe Manassero as he's solid, and that Austrian lad (Wiseberger?) or even Casey as another bomber.

Throw in the likes of David Lynn (always thereabouts in majors these days), Paul Lawrie, Bjorn keeps winning, Jiminez, Olesen, even Padraig... he's gonna do well to be in the top 12 come 2014.

I'd be surprised if he made the team. Want him to though.

What grates me a bit with golfers at the moment are the British players who don't make time to play over here anymore. They should remember where they are from and support the tournaments in the British isles-Ireland.

Personally, if I had a chance to play golf in the warmth and sunshine in the US or in the mostly wet, grey & cold British Isles and Ireland I know what I would do!

The money available on the US tour is just staggering, no surprise the top Europeans would spend most of there time over there.  Most of them live over there these days as well.

The bigger events, such as the PGA, will always get decent fields but the run of the mill event on the European tour is a whole level below its PGA equivalent.

1 European tour event in England every year is a joke as well.

David's dad dressed up as the Moonraker at the Play-Off Final Replay v Jills in 1987.  Or some other game at Selhurst.

I remember seeing David at the Play-Off home semi v Brighton.

Presume being a golfer he works at weekends.

Great for him top be back winning.

Only if you play well!

Ray Howell used to be Swindon through and through, when he was in business in Old Town a salesman called in to see him and gloated about Swindon being demoted after winning the play-offs.  Apparently Ray told him
to get out before he strung him up in the nearest tree and immediately cancelled all his orders with the company that he was representing!!  Ray used to dress up as a Moonraker quite regularly and does anyone remember Viv Sutton from Minety dong the same before Ray took on the mantle?

All here Ronnie from 6 years ago....

http://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=22450.0

Agree with that DMR....but if he grabs another BIG win moneywise like this was he has a great chance.

http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2013/tournamentid=2013076/news/newsid=207453.html

The doors this win has opened up are enormous for him...in the top 100,auto entry to next years open and three mega tournaments for champions only.
His next aim is to break into the worlds top 50 which is an auto invite to the Masters.

Yep, I wrote that about Viv too!!  He died a few years ago in an old people's home in Purton, still see his son Paul about on a Saturday night!  Don't know if Ray still goes out to watch the Town these days, good luck to David in his quest for the world's top 100 - it seemed to me he has got the talent but cannot put four rounds together consistently.

Really please to wee Howler win, always comes across as a really nice bloke.

I remember him as a youngster playing for Broome with Gary Harris, whatever happened to him?

http://www.jamegatour.co.uk/

He was the founder of this tour i believe...probably about div 3/4 on the golfing league.

Edit..http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gary-harris/36/878/ba1