Andrés Romero
| Andrés Romero | |
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| — Golfer — | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Andrés Fabián Romero |
| Nickname | Pigu, A-Bomb |
| Born |
8 May 1981 Tucumán, Argentina |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st) |
| Nationality |
 Argentina
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| Residence | Yerba Buena, Argentina |
| Career | |
| College | None |
| Turned professional | 1998 |
| Current tour(s) |
PGA Tour (past champion status; joined 2008) Web.com Tour |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour (2006–2009) |
| Professional wins | 18 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 1 |
| Other | 15 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | T8: 2008 |
| U.S. Open | T14: 2015 |
| The Open Championship | 3rd: 2007 |
| PGA Championship | T7: 2008 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| PGA Tour Rookie of the Year |
2008 |
Andrés Fabián Romero (born 8 May 1981) is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the PGA Tour and European Tour.
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.
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