30 Sep 2013

Howell breaks victory drought at St Andrews

11:18 am on 30 September 2013

The English golfer David Howell has broken a seven-year drought with victory at the Alfred Dunhill Links championship at St. Andrews in Scotland.

Howell birdied the second extra hole to beat the young American star Peter Uihlein in a playoff.

It was the 38-year-old's fifth appearance in a playoff - and his first victory.