David Howell determined to respond in 2018 after ‘worst year’

David Howell insists he needs to improve his game otherwise he will consider his future at the end of the 2018 season.

The 42-year-old, who has represented Europe on two occasions in the Ryder Cup, has only made the cut in four of his 21 tournament entries.

His best finish came at the BMW PGA Championship when he finished 48th and Howell admits he cannot repeat the same mistakes.

Howell has struggled with injuries at times this season and the world No.707 admits he has been through “hell” on occasion.

He told bunkered.co.uk: “This year’s been a shocker, my worst by a long way. It’s been two years of hell really. In 2016, my foot was poor and after I seemed to sort things out with that, this year it was my back. It was just one thing after another really.

“If I have another season like that in 2018, my mindset will be, ‘well this isn’t much fun’, and I’d start to look for other ways to earn within the industry of golf.

“The bits of TV that I’ve done so far has been very enjoyable and I’m going to start doing some after-dinner speaking.

“Another year like this and I’ll certainly be thinking much harder about what my plan is – but I’ve got a few gentle irons in the fire.”

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