} Paul Howard (born 30 September 1990) is an English

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who played on the

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. Howard turned professional in early 2015 after a successful amateur career. In his first season he played on the

and the PGA EuroPro Tour. He had an early success winning the Paul Lawrie Foundation Granite City Classic on the PGA EuroPro Tour, and followed this with a third-place finish in the Wealth Design Invitational and a tie for second place in the PDC Open. In 2016 he played on the Challenge Tour and was joint runner-up in the

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, a stroke behind

Alexander Knappe Alexander Knappe (born 1 March 1989) is a German professional golfer. Knappe was born in Brilon, Germany. He played one year of college golf at Texas Christian University. Knappe turned professional in 2011 and has played on the Pro Golf Tour, ...

. He qualified for the

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through Final Qualifying but missed the cut. In 2017 he won the

Vierumäki Finnish Challenge The Finnish Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour. It was first played at Golf Talma in Talma, Finland, from 2001 to 2003, but took a hiatus from 2004 to 2011. The 2012–14 editions of the tournament were played at the Kytäjä Golf ...

by two shots from

Simon Forsström Karl Simon Forsström (born 1 April 1989) is a Swedish professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour, where he has won once. Amateur career Forsström played for AIK Golf Club. He started competing on the Swedish Teen Tour in 20 ...

, an event reduced to 54 holes by heavy rain.

Amateur wins

*2014 South American Amateur *2015

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Professional wins (2)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

''*Note: The 2017 Vierumäki Finnish Challenge was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.''

PGA EuroPro Tour wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing England):

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Paul English male golfers Sportspeople from Lancashire 1990 births Living people 21st-century English sportsmen