FILE PHOTO: May 17, 2018; Dallas, TX, USA; Charles Howell III plays a shot from the a green side bunker on the on the fifth hole during the first round of the AT&T Byron Nelson golf tournament at Trinity Forest Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Ray Carlin-USA TODAY Sports
(Reuters) - An emotional Charles Howell III overcame a disastrous start to his final round to defeat Patrick Rodgers in a playoff and win his first PGA Tour tournament in nearly 12 years at the RSM Classic in Georgia on Sunday.
A birdie at the second playoff hole ended the long drought for the 39-year-old American after one of the worst starts he could have imagined with a bogey at his first hole followed by a double-bogey at the second.
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