Tony Romo and CBS separate ways on Friday, marking a shocking end to the relationship between the network and the broadcaster. He’s also reached the halfway mark as Romo takes the next step toward realizing his pro golf dreams.
CBS, which has been Romo’s employer for the past nine years, said in a statement that the two sides had “mutually agreed to part ways” after Romo’s arrest in Wisconsin this summer on charges of operating while intoxicated.
“We thank Tony for his contributions over the past nine years and wish him the best moving forward,” CBS said in the release. The network put JJ Watt in Romo’s chair alongside Jim Nantz on the broadcast’s No. 1 team; he will stay here.
A statement from Romo followed.
“I’m going to use this time to take a break, something I’ve never done before, and focus on my health and my family before moving on to my next opportunity,” the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback said. “I am thankful for my time with CBS Sports and for the continued support of my family and friends, as well as the NFL community and fans.”
For our purposes at GOLFThe added layer to the announcement was the timing. The Romo-CBS split came at noon ET on Friday, about two hours after Romo had pitched in the third and final round of Q-school at the Club at Forest Ridge in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
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Romo left the new home at 8:55 am local time; he started the day T49 after shooting 76-75 in his first two rounds. The announcement came shortly after he had birdied the par-4 15th. He added a birdie at No. 18 to return to 1-over 37 and remain in the top 50. He needs to move a few points on his final nine to advance.
Like the Q-school work? Thirty-seven players from the 75-player field will advance to the next round, known as the First Stage. From there, players advance to the Second Stage and finally the Final Stage, where the top five finishers earn PGA Tour cards for the 2027 season, while the next 40 finishers earn full KFT cards and all other Final Stage competitors will earn PGA Tour Americas status plus partial status on the KFT.
Romo has made several attempts to qualify via Q-school since his 2017 retirement from the NFL. In 2018 he advanced through pre-qualifications, although he failed to advance to the next stage.
Romo is well known on the Dallas-area golf circuit; he plays a lot of golf at home with Tour pros including Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth. (Is it beat Spieth once home straight, but never Scheffler.)
He played in four PGA Tour events plus three Korn Ferry Tour events from 2018-2021, although he never made the cut. It was also an appointment in the American Championship of the Century, where he won in 2018, 2019 and 2022, although he has been an amateur throughout.
Romo’s July arrest came after the last round of the Wisconsin Amateurwhere he made the cut, but finished T73, earning $60 in credit.