Howell tames Tiger to land the jackpot

DAVID HOWELL lived up to Tiger Woods’ new nickname for him - “Cool Dude” - with a marvellous win over the world number one yesterday.

Just 11 weeks after ending six years without a victory, the 30-year-old from Swindon went head to head with Woods and not only held him at bay, but left him further behind to take Asia’s richest-ever event, the HSBC Champions, by three strokes.

Howell, round in 68 for a 20-under-par total of 268, collected a cheque for €704,516 and moves up from 19th to 13th in the world - above Luke Donald, Pádraig Harrington and Colin Montgomerie.