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Andrés Romero
Personal information
Full name	Andrés Fabián Romero
Nickname	Pigu, A-Bomb
Born	(1981-05-08) 8 May 1981 (age 43) 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
Highest ranking	21 (30 March 2008)
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
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

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. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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.	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

Challenge Tour wins (1)

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	Sion Bebb, Richard McEvoy, Marco Soffietti

Tour de las Américas wins (7)

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	Juan Abbate
2	23 Nov 2003	Abierto de Medellín	−19 (70-68-66-65=269)	1 stroke	Carlos Larraín
3	13 Nov 2005	Roberto De Vicenzo Classic	−11 (69-70-66=205)	4 strokes	Hernán Rey
4	5 Nov 2006	Torneo de Maestros	−9 (204)*	3 strokes	Ángel Cabrera
5	16 Nov 2008	Abierto del Litoral	−12 (62-71-67-68=268)	3 strokes	Mauricio Molina
6	18 Apr 2010	Abierto del Centro	−10 (66-68-71-69=274)	4 strokes	Ángel Cabrera
7	5 Dec 2010	Torneo de Maestros	−13 (66-67-70-68=271)	5 strokes	Fabián Gómez

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

TPG Tour wins (10)

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 Ricardo González
2	29 Sep 2007	Abierto de Salta	−14 (68-70-68-64=270)	1 stroke	Miguel Guzmán
3	17 May 2008	Abierto del Norte (2)	−20 (65-66-67-66=264)	2 strokes	Ángel Cabrera, Emiliano Grillo (a)
4	16 Nov 2008	Abierto del Litoral	−12 (62-71-67-68=268)	3 strokes	Mauricio Molina
5	18 Apr 2010	Abierto del Centro	−10 (66-68-71-69=274)	4 strokes	Ángel Cabrera
6	5 Dec 2010	Torneo de Maestros	−13 (66-67-70-68=271)	5 strokes	Fabián Gómez
7	13 Nov 2011	Gran Premio Los Pingüinos	−13 (64-70-69=203)	Playoff	Sergio Acevedo
8	14 Sep 2014	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 Jun 2023	Abierto Termas de Río Hondo	−18 (70-69-66-69=274)	Playoff	Emilio Domínguez, Leandro Marelli

Co-sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas

Other wins (3)

• 2003 North Open
• 2006 North Open, Abierto del Litoral (Argentina)

Results in major championships

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

Summary

• Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2008 Masters – 2009 Open Championship)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (four times)

Results in The Players Championship

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.

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

• World Cup (representing Argentina): 2006, 2007

See also

• 2005 Challenge Tour graduates

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.

External links

• Official website
• Andrés Romero at the European Tour official site
• Andrés Romero at the PGA Tour official site
• Andrés Romero at the TPG Tour official site
• Andrés Romero at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

• Argentine male golfers
• European Tour golfers
• PGA Tour golfers
• Sportspeople from Tucumán Province
• 1981 births
• Living people
• 21st-century Argentine sportsmen