Andrés Romero

Andrés Fabián Romero (born 8 May 1981) is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the PGA Tour and European Tour.

For the footballers, see Andrés Romero (Chilean footballer) and Andrés Romero (Argentine footballer).

Andrés Romero
Personal information
Full nameAndrés Fabián Romero
NicknamePigu, A-Bomb
Born (1981-05-08) 8 May 1981
Tucumán, Argentina
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Nationality Argentina
ResidenceYerba Buena, Argentina
Career
CollegeNone
Turned professional1998
Current tour(s)PGA Tour (past champion status; joined 2008)
European Tour (2006–2009; 2017–)
Web.com Tour
Professional wins21
Highest ranking21 (30 March 2008)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
European Tour2
Challenge Tour1
Other17
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT8: 2008
PGA ChampionshipT7: 2008
U.S. OpenT14: 2015
The Open Championship3rd: 2007
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year		2008

Romero was born in Tucumán. He won his European Tour card by finishing 14th on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2005. His rookie season included a tied for second finish at the Scottish Open and a tied for eighth finish in The Open Championship. Romero finished placed 35th on the Order of Merit.

In the 2007 Open Championship, Romero placed third, behind Sergio García and Pádraig Harrington, making ten birdies on the last day of play. He briefly led the field by two strokes, but made a double bogey on the 17th hole and a bogey on the 18th to miss a play-off by one shot.[2] The following week he won his first European Tour event at the Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe. Romero finished the season in the top ten of the Order of Merit, in seventh position.

In July 2007, Romero broke into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time and he reached a new best of 29th after his Players Championship of Europe win.[3] The next week a top-10 finish in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational took him into the top 25.

In March 2008, Romero won for the first time on the PGA Tour at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, and moved to a career high of 21 in the rankings.[4] In 2008 he overtook fellow Argentine Ángel Cabrera to become the highest ranked South American golfer for a short period until he was surpassed by Camilo Villegas of Colombia. He was named the 2008 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, having three top-10 finishes including his win in New Orleans.

Romero finished runner-up at the 2012 Memorial Tournament, after shooting a final round 67 to get into contention. He finished two strokes behind Tiger Woods after Woods chipped in for birdie on the 16th hole to go clear of the field. Romero moved into the top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings and returned to the world's top 100 as a result. That year he was caddied at the final round of the Open Championship by footballer Carlos Tevez.[5]

Romero broke his hand after punching a sign at the 2015 Barracuda Championship. He failed to meet the terms of his medical exemption and spent two years scratching for starts with only past champion status. In June 2017, he regained his European Tour membership when he won the BMW International Open on an sponsor's invitation. Romero fired a bogey free final round of 65, to come from three strokes behind and win by one stroke from three other players, ending a ten year drought on the European Tour.[6] The win vaulted Romero up over 650 places in the world rankings from 837th to 182nd.

Professional wins (21)

PGA Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 30 Mar 2008 Zurich Classic of New Orleans −13 (73-69-65-68=275) 1 stroke Peter Lonard

European Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 29 Jul 2007 Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe −19 (68-68-63-70=269) 3 strokes Søren Hansen, Oliver Wilson
2 25 Jun 2017 BMW International Open −17 (67-71-68-65=271) 1 stroke Richard Bland, Thomas Detry,
Sergio García

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2019 Omega European Masters Lorenzo Gagli, Rory McIlroy,
Kalle Samooja, Sebastian Söderberg		 Söderberg won with birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 27 Aug 2005 Morson International Pro-Am Challenge −9 (69-65-69-68=271) 1 stroke Sion Bebb, Richard McEvoy,
Marco Soffietti

Tour de las Américas wins (8)
  • 2002 (1) Qualifying School (Uruguay)
  • 2003 (2) Cable and Wireless Masters Panama, Abierto de Medellin (Colombia)
  • 2005 (1) Roberto de Vicenzo Classic (Argentina)
  • 2006 (1) Torneo de Maestros (Argentina)
  • 2008 (1) Abierto del Litoral (Argentina)
  • 2010 (1) Center Open (Argentina), Torneo de Maestros (Argentina)

Other wins (9)

Results in major championships
Tournament 200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
Masters Tournament T8 T49
U.S. Open T36 T47 T14 CUT
The Open Championship T8 3 T32 T13 83
PGA Championship CUT CUT T7 CUT T45
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00001122
U.S. Open00000143
The Open Championship00112355
PGA Championship00001152
Totals0011461612
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2008 Masters – 2009 Open Championship)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (four times)

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 20082009201020112012201320142015
The Players Championship CUT CUT T10 T39 CUT T37 CUT CUT
  Top 10

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament20072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
Championship T30 T46
Match Play R32 R64
Invitational T6 T63 70
Champions
  Top 10

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

See also

References
  1. "Week 13 2008 Ending 30 Mar 2008" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. "Romero delighted by Open display". BBC Sport. 22 July 2007.
  3. "Week 30 – Andres Romero Wins the Deutsche Bank Players' Championship of Europe to Break into the World Top 30". OWGR. 30 July 2007.
  4. "Week 13 – Andres Romero Wins the Zurich Classic and Climbs to World Number 21". OWGR. 31 March 2008.
  5. "Carlos Tevez works as caddie". ESPN. Associated Press. 22 July 2012.
  6. "Romero back in the winner's circle". European Tour. 25 June 2017.
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