Bonus finish pushes Howell into contention again

David Howell, beaten in a play-off the last two weeks, has given himself the chance to make it third time lucky tomorrow – after a spectacular eagle-eagle burst in the BMW Championship at windy Wentworth.

With what he described as “a massive bonus” the 29-year-old from Swindon chipped in for the second day running on the 571-yard 17th and then hit a glorious three wood to six feet at the 531-yard last.