Tony Romo’s Golf Comeback Bid Ends in Bizarre DQ After Scorecard Mix-Up
Tony Romo’s Golf Comeback Bid Ends in Bizarre DQ After Scorecard Mix-Up
Abhimanyu Gupta Thu, October 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM UTC
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STATELINE, NV – JULY 09: Tony Romo tees off on the seventh hole during the preview round of the American Century Championship on July 9, 2026 at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Stateline, NV. Photo by Matthew Huang/Icon Sportswire GOLF: JUL 09 American Century Championship EDITORIAL USE ONLY Icon260709175 ©IMAGO/Icon Sportswire
Amateur golfer Tony Romo’s golf comeback ended in disqualification, while CBS fired him as lead analyst. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback was competing in a 75-player field at a Korn Ferry Tour Q-School pre-qualifier in Oklahoma, hoping to keep his professional golf ambitions alive. While he was on the course, CBS Sports announced that his run as the network’s lead NFL analyst was over.
Then, Romo got disqualified from the tournament for signing an incorrect scorecard.
A scorecard error derailed Romo's return to competitive golf. Stay tuned for the full breakdown of what went wrong and what's next for the former NFL star.
Monday Q Info first reported the DQ on X, while Golf Magazine’s Michael Bamberger later spoke with a tournament official who confirmed that Romo took responsibility for the mistake and accepted the disqualification.
Romo was playing the third and final round of the Korn Ferry Q-School pre-qualifier at The Club at Forest Ridge in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He entered the round after shooting 76 and 75, leaving him 13 strokes behind the leaders but still within striking distance of the top 37 and ties. A strong final round could have kept his hopes of advancing alive.
Romo was paired with Nebraska college golfer Ethan Smith and Louisiana professional Brandon Rice. Both of his playing partners needed strong rounds to advance, but neither managed it. Smith shot an 80 and was disqualified, while Rice posted a 75 and missed the cut.
That left Romo as the only player in the group still in contention.
He shot 37 on the front nine and needed a strong finish. But the group was put on the clock for slow play, adding pressure to an already difficult round. Romo again shot 37 on the back nine, finishing with a 74 that left him three strokes short of advancing.
The scorecard, however, became an even bigger problem.
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According to reports, Rice, who served as Romo’s marker, recorded a bogey 5 on the 16th hole, while Romo marked himself down for a 4. A professional golfer following the group reportedly saw Romo three-putt the 16th for a 5—and then three-putt the 17th for another 5. Rice’s card reflected those scores, but Romo’s card showed 4s on both holes.
Under the Rules of Golf, a player who submits a score lower than the score actually taken on a hole is disqualified.
A rules official contacted Romo by phone after the discrepancy was discovered. Romo immediately accepted responsibility for the mistake and the resulting DQ.
There is no clear indication that Romo intentionally misreported his score. The incident came amid the pressure of being put on the clock for slow play, while he was also dealing with major developments away from the course.
And those developments made the day particularly brutal.
While Romo was competing in Oklahoma, CBS Sports announced that it had permanently parted ways with him as its No. 1 NFL analyst. The network terminated the final four years of his reported $72 million contract following his July arrest and subsequent no-contest plea to an OWI charge in Wisconsin.
Former NFL star J.J. Watt has permanently replaced Romo alongside Jim Nantz in CBS’s No. 1 NFL broadcast booth.
For Romo, what began as another attempt to chase his golf ambitions ended with a missed cut, a disqualification—and the end of his tenure at the top of the CBS NFL broadcast team, all on the same day.
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