Tony Romo will play for a championship in 2023. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and present lead analyst for the NFL on CBS certified for the United States Amateur Four-Ball Championship subsequent May at Kiawah alongside his accomplice (and future Texas Longhorns golfer) Tommy Morrison. It’s the primary time Romo has superior out of qualifying to the ultimate stage of any of the USGA championships he has entered.
Romo’s accomplice for the occasion, Morrison, is slated to join Texas in January; he’s a stud golfer presently ranked No. 429 within the World Amateur Golf Rankings. Romo, who’s unranked, shot a 66 to go together with Morrison’s 72; the duo mixed for a group rating of 63 in the perfect ball qualifying occasion. Nobody shot decrease at Winter Creek Golf and Country Club in Blanchard, Oklahoma.
In a four-ball championship, the perfect rating on every gap is taken. Though Morrison did not break par as a person, he made 4 birdies and spaced them out in order that two of them didn’t coincide with the eight Romo made. Their greatest rating on all the opposite holes, besides for one the place they made bogey, was par. Thus the 9-under 63.
The U.S. Four-Ball Championship at Kiawah consists of 128 groups of two that can play 36 holes of stroke play earlier than the highest 32 transfer on to match play. It’s a enjoyable occasion and an enormous deal, particularly when it the match is performed at a significant championship venue like Kiawah, which has hosted a number of PGA Championships and a Ryder Cup. This yr’s champions on the Country Club of Birmingham have been Chad Wilfong and Davis Womble.
Morrison, who is sort of 7-foot, could have an fascinating May forward of him if he is capable of make the Longhorns beginning lineup when he enrolls in faculty. He theoretically may play the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball with a former skilled quarterback from May 20-24 adopted by the NCAA Championships a number of days later. That’s fairly the “welcome to your freshman year” introduction.
Though this would be the first USGA championship by which Romo has participated, it will not be the largest occasion he is performed. Romo has take part din 4 PGA Tour occasions as an beginner, capturing scores of 70-78-79-80-76-74-77-82. He’s additionally participated in three Korn Ferry Tour occasions however has not made the lower at any of the seven professional occasions by which he is teed off.