MICHELOB AT KINGSMILL: SHOT AND A BEER FOR THE LAST CALL CHARLES HOWELL III SETS UP HIS FIRST WIN - AND HIS FIRST TASTE OF THE SUDS - WITH A BIG DRIVE ON NO. 7.(SPORTS)

From: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) | Date: October 7, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: RICH RADFORD THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

WILLIAMSBURG -- At 3:03 Sunday afternoon, a PGA Tour star was born.

Charles Howell III had 11 more holes to play before he'd be crowned champion of a PGA Tour event for the first time, but what he did at the seventh hole at Kingsmill's River Course was Tiger-like.

Irritated after making an awful bogey at the par-4 sixth, Howell put a death-grip on his driver, then hit a ball that seemed to shoot blue flames from its tailpipes as it screamed down the fairway.

It went 339 yards.

Howell was left with a 9-iron second shot ...

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