Charles Howell III. He’s the only golfer in Oklahoma State history who has averaged fewer than 70 strokes per round in a single college golf season. That’s it. Not Rickie Fowler, not Peter Uihlein, not Pablo Martin nor Scott Verplank. None of them. Only Howell, who went on to win the Haskins Award in that magical 1999-2000 season, college golf’s version of the Heisman Trophy.
Now, in the same season, two OSU golfers are not only going to break Howell’s mark of 69.57, they’re going to shatter it. The No. 1 amateur in the world, Viktor Hovland, and the No.