Tony Romo wins American Century Championship

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Tony Romo never won a Super Bowl ring, but he now has two meaningful golf titles.

A week after winning the Tri-Course Amateur Championship last weekend in Wisconsin, the former Cowboys quarterback clinched the American Century Championship in South Lake Tahoe.

Romo, who had five birdies Sunday, scored 71 points to beat Mark Mulder by three points. The former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher won the previous three American Century Championships.

It was the first American Century Championship title for Romo.

Romo, 38, turned down the $125,000 check to keep his amateur status. He won last weekend’s amateur championship in Wisconsin by nine strokes, becoming only the third player in the event’s 57-year history to shoot three sub-par rounds.

The CBS analyst made his PGA Tour debut in March after accepting a sponsor’s exemption into the inaugural Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship. But Romo shot 77-82 to miss the cut and finish in last place. He also failed to make it through U.S. Open local qualifying in April.

22 responses to “Tony Romo wins American Century Championship

  1. i Lived in Tahoe for 11 years, this tournament is HUGE VERY COMPETITIVE and fun to watch. Not to mention this golf course is world known. Great job Romo!!!! Romo PROVING that HE IS A WINNER Alone. No team sport here. Just THINK IF the Cowboys gave him the missing pieces around him in football.

  2. thefiesty1 says:
    July 15, 2018 at 8:12 pm
    Golf is akin to bowling and soccer. Mostly boring and not much else.
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    Soccer sure is boring. No one watches it. I guess that’s why it’s stars make 3 times what football stars make and the World Cup is crushing ratings on games that happen when most of this country is at work. /s

  3. jm91rs…. good thing the World Cup is running against no competition this summer. Last check no one in the US is watching. Foreigners running around for 90 minutes only to hear some foreigner scream “gooooaal” after a penalty kick is not sports. You were right it is boring! Is the World Cup finally over? No one noticed.

  4. I watched the world cup final today. It was the only match I watched, but it made me wish that I had watched more. I thought it was fast, athletic, and entertaining. I could do without the flipping. Just sayin.

  5. 4th highest rated QB in NFL history
    Amazing golfer getting better every week
    Best analyst in the game

    Yup this guy sounds like a complete loser

  6. Dumb fools, football is only a American sports no one outside US really cares about,soccer is the world most popular sports, who cares if Americans dont watch, too many people watching to care if Anericans watch.

  7. calizcowboyz
    Jul 15, 2018, 8:03 PM EDT
    i Lived in Tahoe for 11 years, this tournament is HUGE VERY COMPETITIVE and fun to watch. Not to mention this golf course is world known. Great job Romo!!!! Romo PROVING that HE IS A WINNER Alone. No team sport here. Just THINK IF the Cowboys gave him the missing pieces around him in football.
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    Or because the guy could NEVER stay healthy

  8. Are you kidding me!!?? Ronaldo made $93 million last year! Messi made $80 million IN ONE YEAR!!! These two players by themselves reache the entire NFL salary cap for a team with they’re yearly salaries. People in the states get offended when they find out how irrelevante the NFL is outside of the states.

    jm91rs
    July 15, 2018, 5:41 PM PDT
    thefiesty1 says:
    July 15, 2018 at 8:12 pm
    Golf is akin to bowling and soccer. Mostly boring and not much else.
    —————————————————
    Soccer sure is boring. No one watches it. I guess that’s why it’s stars make 3 times what football stars make and the World Cup is crushing ratings on games that happen when most of this country is at work. /s

  9. joeljcook says:
    July 16, 2018 at 12:13 am
    It was a three round tournament. Romo is always good when there’s no 4th quarter.

    Did’nt he have like the most 4th quarter comebacks of all time at one point ?

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