October 11, 2007
HSBC World Matchplay Championship
Andrés "Pigu" Romero (born 8 May, 1981) is an
Argentine golfer who plays on the European Tour.
Romero was born in Tucumán. He won his tour card by
finishing 14th on the Challenge Tour rankings in
2005. He had a successful rookie season highlighted
by a tied second finish at the Scottish Open and a
tied eighth finish in The Open Championship, and
finished placed 35th on the Order of Merit.
In the 2007 Open Championship, Romero placed third,
behind Sergio García and Pádraig Harrington, making
ten birdies on the last day of play. He briefly led
the field by two strokes, but made a double bogey on
the 17th hole and a bogey on the 18th to miss a
play-off by one shot. The following week he won his
first European Tour event at the Deutsche Bank
Players Championship of Europe. Romero finished the
season in the top ten of the Order of Merit, in
seventh position.
In July 2006 he broke into the top 100 of the
Official World Golf Rankings for the first time and
he reached a new best of 29th after his Players
Championship of Europe win. The next week a top ten
finish in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational took
Romero into the top 25.
