Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo falters late in his first PGA Tour round
Tony Romo’s PGA Tour debut started out well enough but then he got to the back nine.
Romo shot even-par 36 in his first nine holes. But three bogeys and a double took him to 5-over-par 77 for his first round at the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship in the Dominican Republic on Thursday.
Romo said part of the problem was he 3-putted three times on the par-72 course that’s 7,670 yards.
“That’s just nerves. Hopefully you can get that out of the way,” he said during a Golf Channel interview. The wedges and chip shots were pretty good, he added.
“I had a chance to be under par pretty easily for a while,” he said,
The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback had a sponsor’s exemption into the new tournament that features nine major champions, including Jim Furyk and Angel Cabrera.
Denny McCarthy, who played with Romo along with Dru Love, says he had a great time talking with Romo during the round. McCarthy shot a 66. He also told Romo he’s a Washington Redskins fan.
Steph Curry proved last year what everyone in the golf world knows — it’s not easy to come out and compete with the world’s best. Curry shot back-to-back rounds of 4-over 74 at a tournament on the Web.com Tour in August. He missed the cut by 11 shots.
According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Romo’s not the only former QB to try his hand at a Tour event.
Former Redskins quarterback Mark Rypien was 29 over par at the 1992 Kemper Open. Rypien missed the cut by 28 shots.
Former 49ers quarterback John Brodie played for several years on the Champions Tour after retiring from the NFL. Brodie, who actually made the Stanford golf team while also playing football, won the 1991 Security Pacific Senior Classic in a playoff.
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