Masters winner Jordan Spieth has taken plenty of cash from Tony Romo on course
Jordan Spieth is a 21-year-old who just won the Masters. You may or may not know this, depending on your affinity for non-football sports, but as an NFL fan, you will surely appreciate this: Spieth, a Texas product, has taken lots of money from Tony Romo on the course.
Romo has some skills on the golf course; he’s tried a few times to qualify for the U.S. Open but hasn’t ever come all that close. But for whatever reason, he’s somehow gotten it into his head that he’s almost good enough to take on a Masters champion straight up.
Talking on Jim Rome’s Showtime show, Spieth discussed his games with Romo, and noted that the Cowboys QB’s judgment may be a bit suspect on the course.
“The good news is he doesn’t swallow his pride and take a lot of strokes,” Spieth said. “He likes to play maybe like 2 or 3 a side, which means I’m usually on the winning end of that one.”
(For the non-golf-aware: “Taking strokes” is a way of evening out the scores of players of different levels. An amateur taking two or three strokes against a pro is the equivalent of going over the middle against the Seahawks without wearing pads or a helmet.)
So how many times has Romo banged his head against this particular brick wall? Plenty, apparently. When asked about how much cash he’s taken from Romo, Spieth laughed. “Oh man, I don’t know. I can’t even count that high. He’s a good friend and a great competitor so we have fun out there.”
Romo visited Augusta last week, but he was following Tiger Woods around at the time. Woods consulted with Romo about recovery from back surgery. But like Romo, he finished well back of Spieth.
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