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Andrés Romero

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Andrés Romero
Personal information
Full nameAndrés Fabián Romero
NicknamePigu, A-Bomb
Born (1981-05-08) 8 May 1981 (age 43)
Tucumán, Argentina
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Sporting nationality Argentina
ResidenceYerba Buena, Argentina
Career
Turned professional1998
Current tour(s)TPG Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Web.com Tour
Challenge Tour
Tour de las Américas
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
TPG Tour
Order of Merit winner		2010

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

Career

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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)

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PGA Tour wins (1)

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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 Australia Peter Lonard

European Tour wins (2)

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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 Denmark Søren Hansen, England Oliver Wilson
2 25 Jun 2017 BMW International Open −17 (67-71-68-65=271) 1 stroke England Richard Bland, Belgium Thomas Detry,
Spain Sergio García

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2019 Omega European Masters Italy Lorenzo Gagli, Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy,
Finland Kalle Samooja, Sweden Sebastian Söderberg 		Söderberg won with birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 27 Aug 2005 Morson International Pro-Am Challenge −9 (69-65-69-68=271) 1 stroke Wales Sion Bebb, England Richard McEvoy,
Italy Marco Soffietti

Tour de las Américas wins (7)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 26 Jan 2003 Cable and Wireless Panama Masters −14 (66-70-72-66=274) 4 strokes Argentina Juan Abbate
2 23 Nov 2003 Abierto de Medellín −19 (70-68-66-65=269) 1 stroke Venezuela Carlos Larraín
3 13 Nov 2005 Roberto De Vicenzo Classic1 −11 (69-70-66=205) 4 strokes Argentina Hernán Rey
4 5 Nov 2006 Torneo de Maestros1 −9 (204)* 3 strokes Argentina Ángel Cabrera
5 16 Nov 2008 Abierto del Litoral2 −12 (62-71-67-68=268) 3 strokes Argentina Mauricio Molina
6 18 Apr 2010 Abierto del Centro2 −10 (66-68-71-69=274) 4 strokes Argentina Ángel Cabrera
7 5 Dec 2010 Torneo de Maestros2 −13 (66-67-70-68=271) 5 strokes Argentina Fabián Gómez

*Note: The 2006 Torneo de Maestros was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the PGA of Argentina Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the TPG Tour

TPG Tour wins (10)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 9 Jun 2007 Abierto del Norte −19 (65-67-66-67=265) Shared title with Argentina Ricardo González
2 29 Sep 2007 Abierto de Salta −14 (68-70-68-64=270) 1 stroke Argentina Miguel Guzmán
3 17 May 2008 Abierto del Norte (2) −20 (65-66-67-66=264) 2 strokes Argentina Ángel Cabrera, Argentina Emiliano Grillo (a)
4 16 Nov 2008 Abierto del Litoral1 −12 (62-71-67-68=268) 3 strokes Argentina Mauricio Molina
5 18 Apr 2010 Abierto del Centro1 −10 (66-68-71-69=274) 4 strokes Argentina Ángel Cabrera
6 5 Dec 2010 Torneo de Maestros1 −13 (66-67-70-68=271) 5 strokes Argentina Fabián Gómez
7 13 Nov 2011 Gran Premio Los Pingüinos −13 (64-70-69=203) Playoff Argentina Sergio Acevedo
8 14 Sep 2014 Copa Samsung Carlos Franco Invitational −11 (70-67-71-69=277) 1 stroke Paraguay Carlos Franco
9 9 Nov 2014 Gran Premio Los Pingüinos (2) −11 (69-66-70=205) 3 strokes Argentina Sergio Acevedo
10 17 Jun 2023 Abierto Termas de Río Hondo −18 (70-69-66-69=274) Playoff Argentina Emilio Domínguez, Argentina Leandro Marelli

1Co-sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas

Other wins (3)

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Results in major championships

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Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3
The Open Championship 0 0 1 1 2 3 5 5
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2
Totals 0 0 1 1 4 6 16 12
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2008 Masters – 2009 Open Championship)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (four times)

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
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

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Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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

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See also

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References

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  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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