{"id":58566,"date":"2018-02-10T07:51:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T07:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=58566"},"modified":"2018-02-10T07:51:46","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T07:51:46","slug":"tony-romo-makes-golf-his-latest-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/tony-romo-makes-golf-his-latest-challenge.html","title":{"rendered":"Tony Romo makes golf his latest challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tony Romo makes golf his latest challenge<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Tony Romo is ramping up his work again \u2013 with a golf club in his hand, not a football or mic.<\/span><\/p>\n

The former Dallas Cowboys star received terrific reviews in his first season as the lead NFL analyst for CBS Sports but now has fairways and greens ahead of him for months. This week he\u2019s playing in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am with pro Will Zalatoris, having a blast touring Monterey Peninsula on some of the world\u2019s best golf courses.<\/span><\/p>\n

And in March he\u2019ll make his PGA Tour debut at the Puntacana Resort & Club Championship in the Dominican Republic on a sponsor\u2019s exemption.<\/span><\/p>\n

Golf provides Romo, now 37, with his latest challenge, and when the competitive fire still burns within, he won\u2019t pass on the chance to face the best players in the world. While he has big dreams of earning his way onto a professional circuit, he knows he faces long odds.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think that’s what makes it really fun and enjoyable,\u201d Romo said. \u201cI also think that the challenge that\u2019s presented is what a competitor really wants. \u2026 Just as an athlete you always want to play and compete \u2026 to get a chance to play with some of the best players in the world and get (the chance) to test your game and see what you got.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite being a long shot to make it where he plays for a living, it\u2019s not unrealistic, for Romo has plenty of game. His handicap for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is 0 and he has a plus-3 handicap index playing out of the Dallas National Golf Club, where he hooks up for rounds from time to time with Jordan Spieth.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s helped me with my game, obviously,\u201d said Romo, who has tried to qualify three times for the U.S. Open but fell short each time. \u201cI really believe you can learn through osmosis sometimes, just being a fly on the wall.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, this week, Romo is in the ear of Zalatoris, a rookie playing just his second Tour event as a pro. Romo is one of Zalatoris\u2019 childhood heroes, and the two met at and now frequently play together at Bent Tree Golf Club in Dallas. Romo knows how to pick his partner \u2013 Zalatoris is in contention after rounds of 67-69 and as a team they are in the top 10.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was giving him a hard time because he showed up late to the first tee this morning,\u201d Zalatoris said after the two finished at the Monterey Peninsula Shore Course. \u201cBut today was really cool. We had a lot of really good conversations and it’s, honestly, it’s funny for me because I see him as someone who works on his game pretty hard and almost is like a peer with how hard he works on his game, quite frankly.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd especially playing golf with him, it’s funny to me because I see all these people trying to get his picture and whatnot and I’m like, yeah, he’s cool, but he’s not that cool.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

His scorecard was cool, though.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe played good. He had five birdies. He didn’t have any shots either, so those were gross birdies,\u201d Zalatoris said. \u201cSo he did a great job.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Romo\u2019s goal is to keep doing a great job. He has been seeing Spieth\u2019s chiropractor, Troy Van Biezen, to help strengthen his back following surgeries that ended his NFL career. He is now fitter and stronger and able to physically withstand a routine and schedule of long practice hours for his golf game.<\/span><\/p>\n

The past two months, he has seen real progress in his game. Now he knows he has to see more, especially when he could face complaints about taking the sponsor\u2019s exemption at the Puntacana Resort & Club Championship \u2013 which is played the same week as the Dell Technologies Match Play \u2013 because he\u2019s taking a spot from a professional.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you play good, they will respect you. If you don’t play good, then you really aren’t going to be respected very well,\u201d Romo said. \u201cIf you hit a 5-iron … and you can put it to a back right pin and fade it in there, they’re going to respect you. And if you can’t, then you’ll probably get some blow back.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI understand that. That’s why you’ve got to go out there and play well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/golf\/pga\/2018\/02\/09\/tony-romo-makes-golf-his-latest-challenge\/325444002\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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