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Another former quarterback is hitting the links for a good cause.
Tony Romo will be among the PGA Tour pros and top amateurs to participate in a 54-hole fundraising golf tournament this week in the Dallas area, according to multiple reports.
The Maridoe Samaritan Fund Invitational will run Tuesday through Thursday in Carollton, Texas, with entry fees of $250 per player going to the caddies at Maridoe Golf Club who have been out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The field is made up of 72 players, including Romo, Tour pros Viktor Hovland, Scottie Scheffler and Harry Higgs, former Nets point guard Deron Williams and a handful of college All-Americans. The pros will be competing for a purse of $27,000, according to GolfChannel.com.
“We’re a caddie-only club, and our caddies have not been working because of COVID-19,” Maridoe Golf Club managing member Alison Morrison told ESPN. “We thought, why don’t we have a little bit of a match, so to speak, sharpen our blades, put on a 54-hole, social distancing event. Leave the pins. No rakes in bunkers. Let’s play for them, basically. And within a day, I had 24 members who said yes.”
Romo, the former Cowboys quarterback who is now a well-paid NFL analyst for CBS, is an amateur golfer and has played in various events, including a handful of PGA Tour tournaments with a sponsor’s exemption.
Jordan Spieth is a member at Maridoe but will not be competing, reportedly because of a PGA Tour Players Advisory Council meeting on Tuesday.
Social distancing rules will be put in place for the tournament, which will be closed to the general public and media. The tournament is the second notable golf event back on the sports schedule since the coronavirus outbreak shut sports down.
The main event will be the one-day match pitting Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning versus Phil Mickleson and Tom Brady, which is set to air on TNT sometime between May 15 and May 24, according to reports. It will also serve as a fundraiser for COVID-19 relief efforts.
