Ryan Howison is a Two-time winner in 1999, carded a final-round 68 to come from two strokes off the pace and win the Lakeland Classic by one over Glen Hnatiuk, Jim McGovern and Shaun Micheel. Joined Chris Smith (1995, 1997 Dakota Dunes Open) as the only players in TOUR history to win the same event twice. Was three strokes back of the leader after 54 holes at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic. posted a final-round 76 and tied for ninth, made the cut in nine of his next events after Mississippi, but did not have any top-10 finishes and dropped to No. 21 on the money list. Carded rounds of 67-65 to share the 36-hole lead at the Dakota Dunes Open, added a 65 on Saturday and took a three-stroke lead into the final round, where he shot a 73 to drop into a playoff with Fran Quinn.
Quinn defeated Howison and Craig Kanada for the title, marking the second straight year Howison lost at Dakota Dunes in a playoff. runner-up finish jumped him back to eighth on the money list. moved to third on the list two weeks later when he won the Ozarks Open in a playoff over Edward Fryatt. Was in the middle of a stretch where he posted 25 of 28 rounds at par or better, finished 18-under at Ozarks and overcame a six-stroke deficit at the midpoint to join Fryatt in the playoff. shared the third-round lead at the TOUR Championship with Bob Heintz, but a final-day 78 dropped him to T10 in the tournament and 10th on the final money list. finished fourth in Putts Per Round (28.51), sixth in Total Birdies (343) and seventh in Birdie Conversion (31.9%).
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