Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and current NFL analyst Tony Romo is headed to the PGA Tour.
Romo will tee it up in the Tour's inaugural Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship to be held March 19-25 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, thanks to a sponsor exemption.
“As a professional athlete, the love and thrill of competition never entirely leaves you,” Romo said, via PGATour.com. “Outside of my family and football, golf is one of my greatest passions. So, playing and competing in a PGA Tour event is a dream come true. I am grateful to the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship for giving me an incredible opportunity to test my skills against some of the best on Tour.”
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The Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship will mark Romo's first tournament as an individual against PGA Tour professionals in the same competition. Romo carries a +0.3 handicap at Dallas National Golf Club, and he has attempted to qualify for the U.S. Open three times.
“As a first-year PGA Tour event, we are elated to have Tony Romo accept our offer to play in the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship,” Grupo Puntacana founder and chairman Frank Rainieri said in a release. “Tony Romo rose to an elite level in professional football, and then quickly became a popular and well-regarded broadcaster for CBS when he retired.
"He has a history of achieving success in the face of major challenges. And now he’s going to face a new one, the rare opportunity to compete as an amateur against the world’s best golfers. We are very excited to see how this plays out.”