he made only five halfway cuts from 20 events, the fewest he has ever made in a whole season resulting in his worst ever Order of Merit ranking. He suffered another injury setback in January 2018 with a shoulder injury forcing him to retire from the BMW South African Open. At the Nordea Masters in August 2018, Howell became just the tenth player in the European Tour's history to reach 600 career appearances. Howell was a member of the winning European Ryder Cup teams in 2004 and 2006. As a member of the Great Britain & Ireland team in the Seve Trophy he was on the losing side in 2000, but a winner in 2003. He has also represented Europe at the Royal Trophy twice in 2006 and 2013 and has been on the winning side on both occasions. He came from 3 down with 4 to play to win his singles match in 2013 against Kim Hyung-sung as Europe pulled off an impressive fightback. In 2014, Howell was named as part of a five-man selection panel deciding Europe's 2016 Ryder Cup captain. The panel unanimously appointed Darren Clarke to the role. In January 2017, it was announced that Howell had been voted unanimously to succeed Thomas Bjørn as chairman of the European Tour's Tournament Committee. In August 2022 at the Cazoo Classic, Howell became just the third player, after Sam Torrence and Miguel Angel Jimenez, to reach 700 career appearances on the European Tour and the youngest to ever do so. Howell is represented by Octagon. He also occasionally works for Sky Sports as a commentator and analyst as well as writing regular columns for The Golf Paper and Worldwide Golf. He is sponsored by Titleist and plays with the Titleist ProV1x ball. He was sponsored by Adams Golf for three years from May 2013 but has since returned to TaylorMade. Amateur wins 1993 Boys Amateur Championship Professional wins (7) European Tour wins (5) 1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour, Sunshine Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia European Tour playoff record (1–4) PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2) 1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour, Asian Tour and Sunshine Tour Other wins (1) Results in major championships CUT = missed the halfway cut WD = withdrew "T" indicates a tie for a place. Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (twice) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 Results in The Players Championship