LPGA Career Highlights

• In 2004, competed on the Futures Tour; tied for 52nd at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament Presented by American Airlines to earn non-exempt status for the 2005 LPGA Tour season.
• In 2003, played in 16 events on the Futures Tour and posted career-best tie for 12th at the GE Futures Professional Golf Classic.
• In 2002, turned professional in October.

Amateur

Howland has an impressive amateur resume. In 1997, she was on the NAIA National Championship winning women’s golf team at Tri-State University. Her collegiate resume also includes finishing runner-up at the 1998 Tri-State Championship and winning the 1998 Manchester Championship. After transferring to Lamar University, Howland won two tournaments in 1999, the Sam Houston State Championship and the Springlake Championship. After college, she won the 2001 Bermuda Match Play Championship. Howland also dominated women’s amateur golf in Idaho, winning the both Women’s Stroke Play and Match Play Championship in 2001 and 2002.

Personal

5′6″, blond hair, blue eyes…Started playing golf at the age of 15…Credits her parents and her sister as the individuals most influencing her career…Hobbies include playing volleyball, reading, shopping and working out…Qualified for the Tour on her third attempt.