Tom Howard

Tom Howard was recognised as Australia's best professional golfer for several years during the 1920's. Howard won the club championship at Bonnie Doon Golf Club eight times in nine years before taking up golf as a career.

Howard found success winning The Australian Open at Royal Adelaide in 1923, the Australian PGA Championship in 1924 and 1925, and the Queensland Open in 1927. Tom also played professionally overseas and in 1926 competed in the British Open Championship where he aroused considerable interest because of his putting method of looking at the hole and not at the ball.

Norman Von Nida once carried the bag for Howard before he went on to forge a career in golf course design. Howard was jointly responsible for the original layouts of The Lakes and Eastlake Golf Clubs with Eric Apperly, while Howard also designed Pennant Hills Golf Club and Rockingham Golf Club, among others.

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