Charles Howell III, 29

In the wake of what his pal Woods did early in his career, Howell's first decade on Tour has been one of the most dissected and criticized in history. CH3 killed on the American Junior Golf Association circuit, and hopes were raised even higher when at age 17 he faced Woods in the round of 16 at the 1996 U.S. Amateur. "The longer I stay alive in match play," Howell said then, "the more school I get to miss." Alas, Woods sent the skinny kid back to high school (3 and 1 was the score), but it wasn't long before Howell was winning the 2000 Big 12 and NCAA championships as a junior at Oklahoma State. He's won twice in more than seven years on the PGA Tour.