David Howell
David Howell
David Wei Liang Howellis an English chess grandmaster and British champion in 2009, 2013 and 2014. He is the youngest chess Grandmaster in the United Kingdom, a title he earned when he came second during the 35th Rilton Cup in Stockholm on 5 January 2007 when he was 16. The previous record holder, Luke McShane, was six months older when he became a grandmaster...
ProfessionChess Player
Date of Birth14 November 1990
concerned good guess happen hit miraculous shot slight surprise worry
Going to 16, you always worry that he's going to do the miraculous shot and make a 2, and I guess there was a slight surprise that something good didn't happen for him. I was concerned that he was going to hit a 3-wood to about 15 feet, which would have made things difficult.
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Fortunately I was able to come out on top,
ball bit difference dropped honour lap mess time
I got a little bit of jitters. I've made a mess of things before. But that's the difference today. This time the ball did the lap of honour and dropped in.
advantage drove front nine terrible
He drove a terrible front nine and I just didn't take advantage of it.
higher last scoring year
There is going to be a lot higher scoring than last year and I am very pleased.
best putter
I just told myself I was the best putter in the world and went for it.
coming crowd hit hung kept perfect
I hit it perfect and it just kept coming back, ... The crowd cheered, and then booed, and it just hung there.
chances gave good lots nicely notch played turn weekend
I played really nicely and gave myself lots of chances but didn't take many of them. If I can just turn it up a little notch over the weekend I should be in good shape.
although notice
I had no idea he was ill. Although I did notice he was getting increasingly sicker by the 13th.
ditch lucky played second shot suppose
It was a frustrating way to finish, but I was lucky my second shot bounced over the ditch so I suppose it evens out/I played really nicely.
stage standard
I was 5 under today. At this stage in the tournament, that's the standard where you need to be.
golfers good happens maybe swing
I don't think that happens to golfers too often. But maybe my swing is better than it was before the accident, so maybe it was a good thing.
beat great numbers quite realise thomas win
I didn't realise the numbers were quite that good. To beat Thomas is a great win for me and I'm delighted.