Eduardo Alejandro Romero (17 July 1954 – 13 February 2022) was an Argentine

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. Nicknamed "El Gato" ("The Cat"), he won over 80 professional tournaments around the world, including eight on the

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and five on the Champions Tour, with two senior majors; he also won over 50 times in South America and was a member of the Argentine team at the

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on 14 occasions.

Early life

Romero was born in Córdoba to a family of modest means.

Professional career

Romero turned professional in 1982. He played extensively in Latin America on the Tour de las Americas and its predecessor the "South American Tour", but his international profile is mainly based on his success on the more prestigious

and in senior golf in the United States and Europe. He reached the top 20 of the

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. He first played on the European Tour in 1985 and was a full member from 1988 to 2005. He had 8 tournament victories and seven top twenty placings on the Order of Merit. In 2002 he became the third oldest winner on the European Tour (behind Des Smyth and Neil Coles) when he won the Scottish Open just three days before his 48th birthday. Romero came fifth on the Order of Merit for 2002. Romero turned fifty in 2004, and just a few days later he finished in a tie for second at his first senior tournament, the

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. In 2005 he won his first senior title at the European Seniors Tour's Travis Perkins Senior Masters, and he won the Wentworth Senior Masters in both 2005 and 2006. In 2006, he lost in a playoff against Loren Roberts for the Senior British Open Championship and won a playoff against Lonnie Nielsen for the JELD-WEN Tradition for his first Champions Tour win and major. He was the Champions Tour's 2006 Rookie of the Year. He won the U.S. Senior Open, his second major, at The Broadmoor in

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in 2008. Romero won more than eighty tournaments in Latin America. He represented Argentina in the

and the

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numerous times, and he participated in the

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in 2002 and 2003. He also appeared on The

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's The Big Break series. Romero's nickname was "El Gato" ("The Cat").

Death

Romero died on 13 February 2022, at the age of 67 at his home in Villa Allende,

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. The Abierto del Centro, played on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica in April 2022, was renamed in memory of Romero.

Professional wins (75)

European Tour wins (8)

European Tour playoff record (2–1)

Argentine Tour wins (44)

:''This list is incomplete'' *1983 (3) Argentine PGA Championship, La Cumbre Open, Highland Grand Prix *1984 (8) Carilo Open, Abierto del Litoral, La Cumbre Open, Center Open, San Martin Grand Prix, Chaco Open, Ituzaingo Grand Prix, Jockey Club Rosario Open *1986 (1) Argentine PGA Championship *1987 (4) Sevel Grand Prix, North Open, Los Cardales Grand Prix, American Express Grand Prix *1988 (4) South Open, Punta del Este Open (Uruguay), Center Open, Norpatagonico Open *1989 (3) Argentine Open, Sevel Grand Prix, Los Lagartos Grand Prix *1990 (2) Argentine PGA Championship, Center Open *1991 (3) Acantilados Grand Prix, Center Open, North Open (tie with Adan Sowa) *1992 (3) Argentine PGA Championship, South Open, North Open *1993 (1) Argentine PGA Championship *1994 (1) North Open *1995 (2) Punta del Este Open (Uruguay), Center Open *1996 (2) Argentine PGA Championship, Center Open *1997 (2) Argentine PGA Championship, Las Delicias Open *1998 (2) Acantilados Grand Prix, North Open *1999 (3) Argentine PGA Championship, Center Open, La Cumbre Open

Córdoba Tour wins (5)

*1982 (4) Center Cuyo Tournament, Bell Ville Tournament, Córdoba PGA Championship, La Cumbre Tournament *1984 (1) Bell Ville Tournament

Other wins (11)

*1980 Argentine Caddie's Tournament *1984 Chile Open *1987 Sierra de la Ventana Tournament (Arg), South American team (Arg), Prince of Wales Open (Chile), Santo Domingo Open (Chile), Sports Frances Open (Chile) *1997 Las Brisas Open (Chile) *1998 Mexican Open, Las Brisas Open (Chile) *2000 Desafio de Maestros (Arg)

Champions Tour wins (5)

Champions Tour playoff record (1–1)

European Seniors Tour wins (3)

European Seniors Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1995 U.S. Open – 1998 Open Championship) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships

¹Cancelled due to 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

Champions Tour major championships

Wins (2)

Results timeline

''Results not in chronological order before 2016.'' CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

''this list in incomplete'' *

(representing Argentina):

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

, 1988,

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

(representing Argentina):

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

(representing the Rest of the World): 2002, 2003 (tie)

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Early life

Professional career

Death

Professional wins (75)

European Tour wins (8)

Argentine Tour wins (44)

Córdoba Tour wins (5)

Other wins (11)

Champions Tour wins (5)

European Seniors Tour wins (3)

Results in major championships

Summary

Results in The Players Championship

Results in World Golf Championships

Champions Tour major championships

Wins (2)

Results timeline

Team appearances

See also

References

External links