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Tony Romo cards opening-round 77 in first PGA Tour start

Published

8 years ago

Mar 22, 2018

Tony Romo shot a 5-over 77 at the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship in the Dominican Republic.

The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback bogeyed the par-4 13th. He double bogeyed the par-5 14th. He bogeyed 15. He bogeyed 16. That’s 5 over in a four hole stretch.

If you’re tallying at home, however, you realize Romo was even par for the rest of his round. Indeed, after opening with back-to-back bogeys, he birdied the fourth and fifth holes to get back to even par. He was even through 12 holes, in fact. All of which is pretty good for a scratch-golfing former football player.

Here’s a long putt for par from Romo at the sixth.

Tony Romo goes DEEP! Back-to-back birdies get the former quarterback back to even par thru 6 @CoralesChamp. pic.twitter.com/3jDM7bDNOK

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 22, 2018

Talking about his poor back-nine play, particularly wayward tee shots at the 15th and 16th holes, Romo said.

“I hit two poor tee balls. Just didn’t commit to it, and ultimately just got put in a tough spot where you’re just trying to make par. I hit a lot of good shots, and they ended up a couple times in some poor spots. But you learn the golf course as you play it throughout the week.”

“I really hit some good shots, and I’m close. I had a chance to be under par pretty easily there for a while, and then two or three shots on the back nine cost me. But that’s golf.”

Romo teed it up as an amateur partner at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February. He competed in the Western Amateur last spring, missing the 36-hole cut. He has thrice tried his hand at qualifying for the U.S. Open and most recently teed it up in a North Texas PGA Players Tour event earlier this month, where he withdrew during the second round having posted an opening-round 81.

Romo tees off for his second round at 1 p.m. ET Friday.

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6 Comments

Tartan Golf Travel

Mar 22, 2018 at 5:44 pm

You are NOT close! You might be CLOSE for you but the leader beat you by 14 shots. You don’t break 80 in amateur qualifiers. I get the business side of him playing for the event but other than that he has no business being in the field with these guys. 77 was a good day for him. Kind of like his pro career …..started great and choked at the end!

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- Hackathon
  
  Mar 23, 2018 at 8:37 am
  
  Great commentary. What did you shoot yesterday?
  
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  - Tartan Golf Travel
    
    Mar 23, 2018 at 5:04 pm
    
    68 thanks for asking! Tony’s not going to break 80 today.
    
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    - Frankie
      
      Mar 25, 2018 at 5:06 pm
      
      Nice 9 hole score
      
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- carl
  
  Mar 23, 2018 at 8:51 am
  
  Hey everybody dont forget to book your travel with Tartan Golf Travel, you will get to deal with this guy. He seems quite professional
  
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  - Tartan Golf Travel
    
    Mar 23, 2018 at 5:07 pm
    
    Everything I mentioned was fact. He is in dead last place by 6 shots. So tell me what I said that was so “unprofessional”. I’ll be waiting for witty rebuttal.
    
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