Ryan Howison is an American

United States

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 professional golf

Golf

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er who played on the PGA Tour

PGA Tour

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 and the Nationwide Tour

Nationwide Tour

The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...

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Howison earned his PGA Tour card through qualifying school

Qualifying school

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 in 1994. He split time between the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour in 1995. He played on the Nationwide Tour from 1996 to 1999 and picked up three victories. He won the NIKE Lakeland Classic in 1997 and in 1999 he won the NIKE Lakeland Classic again and the NIKE Ozarks Open en route to a 10th place finish on the money list, earning him his PGA Tour card for 2000. He had a poor season on Tour and returned to the Nationwide Tour in 2001 where he would play until 2008.

Nationwide Tour wins (3)

• 1997 NIKE Lakeland Classic
• 1999 NIKE Lakeland Classic, NIKE Ozarks Open

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