Howell heading for early exit

David Howell was left with some less happy memories of Oitavos Dunes today as he headed towards an early exit from the Estoril Portuguese Open.

A year after losing a play-off to Frenchman Gregory Bourdy, the former world number nine, currently down at 192nd in the rankings, double-bogeyed the eighth and 11th holes after starting his second round on two over par.