Eduardo Romero - Media Guide

Open, European Masters. 1995 Argentine PGA Championship. 1997 Argentine PGA Championship, Mexican Open. 1998 Mexican Open. 2000 Canon European Masters. 2002 Barclays Scottish Open.

a double bogey on the par-3 14th hole at The Ocean Course on Sunday. Miscue resulted from an unplayable lie that set up a crucial three-shot swing, giving Watson the two-stroke advantage he needed to eventually prevail. Runner-up effort at the Senior PGA gave him a second, a win and a second in his last three major championship appearances...Finished second the following week at The Boeing Championship at Sandestin. Was tied for the opening-round lead with Tom Purtzer after carding a 9-under 62, a career-best on the Champions Tour. Trailed by two strokes after 36 holes and eventually finished three shots back of Loren Roberts....Earlier in the year, closed with a final-round 68 to finish T3 with Mike Reid at The ACE Group Classic...Also T5 at the Commerce Bank Championship after being near the first-round lead at Eisenhower Park. Was the first-round leader at the U.S. Senior Open at Whistling Straits before finishing T22....Was T4 at the Senior British Open, his fourth consecutive top-10 at the event...Finished third the following week at the Wentworth Senior Masters in England....Had nice showing in October at the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship, where he rebounded from a 3-over 73 start to T7. Earned a check for $72,700, pushing him over the $1-million mark for the campaign...Closed out his Champions Tour year with a strong performance at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Opened with an 8-under 64 and was the 36-hole leader before eventually finishing T5 in Northern California...Finished T8 at the Omega European Masters in Switzerland in September on the European Tour...Among the leaders in a number of statistical categories. Led all Champions Tour players in Total Driving and All-Around and was second to Tom Purtzer in Driving Distance (293.7 yards per). Finished third in Scoring Average (69.90) and Birdie Average (4.21)...Also led all players in making birdies on par- 5s (51.52 percent)...Owned the best First-Round Scoring Average (68.58).

into fully-exempt status for 2007...Major breakthrough came in August when he became the Champions Tour's only international winner in 2006, defeating Lonnie Nielsen in a one-hole playoff at the JELD-WEN Tradition near Portland, OR. Fired a 7-under-par 65 in the final round, the low round in the tournament and then made a birdie on the first playoff hole to post his win. Played near-flawless golf the final two days, playing bogey-free over that span while adding 10 birdies and an eagle. Played his final 38 holes without a bogey and made just two bogeys over his final 66 holes. Made up five strokes the final day, the largest come-from-behind margin in tournament history. In winning, became the second player from Argentina to win a major championship on the Champions Tour, joining Roberto De Vicenzo with that honor...One month earlier, secured a spot in the reshuffle when he almost won for the first time on the Champions Tour in his third start of the season at the Senior British Open. Caught Loren Roberts twice in the final round at Turnberry to force a playoff but lost to Roberts on the first extra hole when he three-putted from 30 feet. Moved into contention with a 9-under 63 Friday, the low round of the event. Runner-up effort in Scotland was his third consecutive top-10 performance in the Senior British Open and earned him $196,081...Had another strong outing following his win at the JELD-WEN Tradition with a T5 at the Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach. Was in contention for the title after nine holes Sunday but fell back after shooting a 1-over 37 on the back nine at Pebble Beach...Rebounded from a 1-over-par 73 in the opening round at the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship to fire consecutive rounds of 69-66-68 and finish T4. His finish also earned him enough points to vault to a T5 in the season-long Charles Schwab Cup race and a $50,000 annuity...Continued to compete in Europe with nine starts on the PGA European Tour and three more on the European Seniors Tour...Defended his title at the Wentworth Senior Masters on the European Seniors Tour in early August...Opened his campaign on the Champions Tour with a T16 at the Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf Classic in Mexico in April...Also finished T31 at the Senior PGA Championship at Oak Tree in Edmond, OK. Averaged over $100,000 per start on the Champions Tour for the year ($101,025).2005: Finished 15th at the Champions Tour's National Qualifying Tournament at the PGA of Southern California GC to earn the final conditionally-exempt spot for the 2006 season...Played primarily on the European Tour in 2005, with several appearances on the European Seniors Tour...Claimed his first victory on the European Seniors Tour when he romped to an eight-shot win at the Wentworth Club in the Wentworth Senior Masters...2004: Finished T2 at the Senior British Open at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.

the 2001 Argentine Open and followed that with a victory in the 2002 Benson & Hedges International Open...Favorite courses are Augusta National GL, Pebble Beach GL and Crans-sur-Sierre in Switzerland...Is a good friend of fellow Champions Tour player Vicente Fernandez...Favorite athlete is Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs...Likes to watch soccer as well as tennis and polo...Started a charity foundation in Argentina to assist underprivileged children...Enjoys Argentinean steak cooked on his barbecue at home. Likes Argentine folk music...Favorite book is The Da Vinci Code and his favorite city is London...Attributes some of his recent success to improved concentration, thanks to the study of an Indian yoga technique, Rhami Hayat.