The Top Gridiron Golfers
We are at that point in the calendar when the remaining NFL teams are desperately hoping to extend their season a couple of weeks and into the Super Bowl. But that's not to say life is so bad in the off-season, especially when there is golf involved. Here we look at how some of football's best measure up when trading their cleats for soft spikes.
January 19, 2012
Tony Romo
With just one NFL playoff win to his credit, perhaps the Dallas Cowboys' best performance under pressure came in the first-ever Golf Digest U.S. Open Challenge. Romo, then a 2.2 handicap, shot an 84 from the tips at Torrey Pines just days before the 2008 U.S. Open (left). He has improved a lot since, at least on the golf course, taking over the No. 1 spot on Golf Digest's 2009 list of the top athlete golfers with a handicap that's been as low as plus-3.3. His next golf appearance in public will be a pairing with Tiger Woods in February's AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
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