| Andrés Romero | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | Andrés Fabián Romero | ||||
| Nickname | Pigu, A-Bomb | ||||
| Born | (1981-05-08)8 May 1981 (age 44) Tucumán, Argentina | ||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st) | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  Argentina | ||||
| Residence | Yerba Buena, Argentina | ||||
| Career | |||||
| Turned professional | 1998 | ||||
| Current tour(s) | TPG Tour | ||||
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Web.com Tour Challenge Tour Tour de las Américas | ||||
| Professional wins | 21 | ||||
| Highestranking | 21 (30 March 2008)[1] | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| PGA Tour | 1 | ||||
| European Tour | 2 | ||||
| Challenge Tour | 1 | ||||
| Other | 17 | ||||
| Best results in major championships | |||||
| Masters Tournament | T8:2008 | ||||
| PGA Championship | T7:2008 | ||||
| U.S. Open | T14: 2015 | ||||
| The Open Championship | 3rd:2007 | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Andrés Fabián Romero (born 8 May 1981) is an Argentineprofessional golfer who plays on both thePGA Tour andEuropean Tour.
Romero was born inTucumán. He won his European Tour card by finishing 14th on theChallenge Tour rankings in 2005. His rookie season included a tied for second finish at theScottish Open and a tied for eighth finish inThe Open Championship. Romero finished placed 35th on the Order of Merit.
In the2007 Open Championship, Romero placed third, behindSergio García andPádraig 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 theDeutsche 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 theOfficial 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 theWGC-Bridgestone Invitational took him into the top 25.
In March 2008, Romero won for the first time on thePGA Tour at theZurich Classic of New Orleans, and moved to a career high of 21 in the rankings.[4] In 2008 he overtook fellow ArgentineÁngel Cabrera to become the highest ranked South American golfer for a short period until he was surpassed byCamilo Villegas of Colombia. He was named the 2008PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, having three top-10 finishes including his win in New Orleans.
Romero finished runner-up at the 2012Memorial Tournament, after shooting a final round 67 to get into contention. He finished two strokes behindTiger 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 footballerCarlos Tevez.[5]
Romero broke his hand after punching a sign at the 2015Barracuda 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 theBMW 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.
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 Mar2008 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | −13 (73-69-65-68=275) | 1 stroke |  Peter Lonard |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Jul2007 | Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe | −19 (68-68-63-70=269) | 3 strokes |  Søren Hansen, Oliver Wilson |
| 2 | 25 Jun2017 | BMW International Open | −17 (67-71-68-65=271) | 1 stroke | Richard Bland, Thomas Detry, Sergio García |
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2019 | Omega European Masters |  Lorenzo Gagli, Rory McIlroy, Kalle Samooja, Sebastian Söderberg | Söderberg won with birdie on first extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 Aug2005 | Morson International Pro-Am Challenge | −9 (69-65-69-68=271) | 1 stroke |  Sion Bebb,Richard McEvoy,Marco Soffietti |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 Jan2003 | Cable and Wireless Panama Masters | −14 (66-70-72-66=274) | 4 strokes | Juan Abbate |
| 2 | 23 Nov 2003 | Abierto de Medellín | −19 (70-68-66-65=269) | 1 stroke |  Carlos Larraín |
| 3 | 13 Nov2005 | Roberto De Vicenzo Classic1 | −11 (69-70-66=205) | 4 strokes | Hernán Rey |
| 4 | 5 Nov2006 | Torneo de Maestros1 | −9 (204)* | 3 strokes | Ángel Cabrera |
| 5 | 16 Nov2008 | Abierto del Litoral2 | −12 (62-71-67-68=268) | 3 strokes | Mauricio Molina |
| 6 | 18 Apr2010 | Abierto del Centro2 | −10 (66-68-71-69=274) | 4 strokes | Ángel Cabrera |
| 7 | 5 Dec 2010 | Torneo de Maestros2 | −13 (66-67-70-68=271) | 5 strokes | Fabián Gómez |
*Note: The 2006 Torneo de Maestros was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
1Co-sanctioned by thePGA of Argentina Tour
2Co-sanctioned by theTPG Tour
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 Jun2007 | Abierto del Norte | −19 (65-67-66-67=265) | Shared title withRicardo González | |
| 2 | 29 Sep 2007 | Abierto de Salta | −14 (68-70-68-64=270) | 1 stroke | Miguel Guzmán |
| 3 | 17 May2008 | Abierto del Norte (2) | −20 (65-66-67-66=264) | 2 strokes | Ángel Cabrera,Emiliano Grillo (a) |
| 4 | 16 Nov 2008 | Abierto del Litoral1 | −12 (62-71-67-68=268) | 3 strokes | Mauricio Molina |
| 5 | 18 Apr2010 | Abierto del Centro1 | −10 (66-68-71-69=274) | 4 strokes | Ángel Cabrera |
| 6 | 5 Dec 2010 | Torneo de Maestros1 | −13 (66-67-70-68=271) | 5 strokes | Fabián Gómez |
| 7 | 13 Nov2011 | Gran Premio Los Pingüinos | −13 (64-70-69=203) | Playoff | Sergio Acevedo |
| 8 | 14 Sep2014 | Copa Samsung Carlos Franco Invitational | −11 (70-67-71-69=277) | 1 stroke |  Carlos Franco |
| 9 | 9 Nov 2014 | Gran Premio Los Pingüinos (2) | −11 (69-66-70=205) | 3 strokes | Sergio Acevedo |
| 10 | 17 Jun2023 | Abierto Termas de Río Hondo | −18 (70-69-66-69=274) | Playoff | Emilio Domínguez,Leandro Marelli |
1Co-sanctioned by theTour de las Américas
| 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 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
| 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 |
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | T10 | T39 | CUT | T37 | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
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 | |||||||||||
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.