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Ex-NFL player Tony Romo bottom of leaderboard on PGA Tour debut

during round one of the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship on March 26, 2018 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Former NFL star Tony Romo missed the cut on his PGA Tour debut after finishing bottom of the leaderboard at the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship.

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The ex-Dallas Cowboys star, a sponsor's invite, followed his opening-round 77 with a 10-over-par 82 on Friday to prop up the 132-man field in the Dominican Republic.

Romo mixed two birdies with six bogeys and three double-bogeys to post the worst round of the day, leaving the 37-year-old some 28 strokes adrift of midway pacesetter Brice Garnett.

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Beginning on the back nine, Romo failed to get up-and-down from a greenside bunker on his way to a bogey-five at the 10th and missed the next green on his way to another blemish.

The amateur bogeyed his next four holes before seeing his run end with a two-putt par at the 16th, only to rack up a double-bogey at the 18th and reach the turn in 44.

during round one of the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship on March 26, 2018 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
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Romo took two out of the bunker on his way to a double-bogey at the second, before posting birdies at the fourth and sixth either side of a three-putt double-bogey at the fifth.

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At 15-over for the tournament, Romo missed the cut by 16 shots and was six strokes worse off than closest challenger Rhadames Pena.

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