Former NFL quarterback Tony Romo finishes last in PGA Tour debut

Marc Lancaster

Former NFL quarterback Tony Romo finishes last in PGA Tour debut image

Tony Romo isn't going to make it to the weekend in his first shot at the PGA Tour.

On the heels of a back-nine collapse Thursday afternoon at the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, things got even worse for the former NFL quarterback on Friday.

Playing the back nine first, Romo made the turn at 8 over for the day and 13 over for the tournament, leaving him last among 132 players in a field that includes the likes of Jim Furyk, Davis Love III, John Daly and Graeme McDowell.

It didn't get any better on the final nine holes for Romo as he would finish the tournament at 15 over, six shots back of the closest player.

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Romo, 37, has attempted to qualify for the U.S. Open multiple times and has played the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, but he'll obviously have to keep working on his game before taking another shot at a regular Tour event.

"Ultimately over 18 holes and 72, your flaws start to show at some point," Romo told Golf Channel after Thursday's first-round 77.

"But that’s why you compete, so you can go practice."

Marc Lancaster

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Marc Lancaster joined The Sporting News in 2022 after working closely with TSN for five years as an editor for the company now known as Stats Perform. He previously worked as an editor at The Washington Times, AOL’s FanHouse.com and the old CNNSportsIllustrated.com, and as a beat writer covering the Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds, and University of Georgia football and women’s basketball. A Georgia graduate, he has been a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 2013.