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
cup hard leading merit order plus worked
I've worked so hard for this win. I'm now leading the 2006 order of merit ... plus I've got some Ryder Cup points, which we're all after, so I couldn't be happier.
hard hard-work work
It was a little hard work to be honest.
affect anyone beat crowd five fun good great match par played shoot six struggle
I've never played with him actually but he is a great player. I'm just going to have to go out and shoot a good score. You can't look at it in match play terms, but if you get to five or six under par then anyone is going to struggle to beat you. I know the crowd will be with him but that's not going to affect me. It'll make it all the more fun if I win.
bit burden expectation nice
It would be nice to have a bit more burden of expectation on one of these tournaments,
decent golf
As I showed in the Masters, if I play decent golf I am going to do well.
Don't get me wrong, it was a big day because it was Tiger.
nervous sure
I was nervous all day, but I'm not so sure it was because of Tiger, strangely,
I was as gutted as I have ever been.
fly radar worry
It doesn't worry me that I fly under the radar over here,
good great shoot
He's a great player, isn't he? I'm just going to have to shoot a good score.
against anyone chances fancied left
I fancied my chances against anyone that was left in.
delighted dropped happy hit poor shots slightly
I am delighted really. The two dropped shots I just hit poor pitches. That was slightly frustrating but you have to be happy with 63.
delighted expecting hitting holes nicely played score soon start
But as soon as you start hitting it well, then you start expecting to score well. I am delighted to have played 26 holes so nicely today.
ball far greens hit striking top weekend
I don't hit as many greens as the top players, but this weekend my ball striking was far, far better, ... I hit a lot more greens.