Cowboys QB Tony Romo passing instead of putting

mgb · May 18, 2010

Tony Romo took a pass on putting.

The Dallas Cowboys quarterback was on the field practicing Monday during the first day of organized team activities instead of on the golf course trying to earn a spot in the PGA Tour's next tournament.

"There was really no decision there. For me, it was just this is what I love to do. Why would you not choose that?" Romo said.

Romo had a tee time Monday morning in open qualifying for the Byron Nelson Championship, which begins Thursday just down the road from the team's Valley Ranch practice facility. The 18-hole round conflicted with the voluntary Cowboys workout.

"My coaches and teammates know that I would rather not do anything else than this right here," Romo said. "They know it because they see me all the time, and they know it because it really is the funnest thing that we get to do."

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he was not surprised Romo chose football over golf.

"It's real obvious as far as where his responsibility is on him personally," Jones said.

Romo got his first chance to throw passes to receiver Dez Bryant, the team's first-round draft pick last month in the first of four consecutive weeks of OTAs. The workouts will culminate with a mandatory minicamp in mid-June. The first training camp practice is July 24 in San Antonio.

"There was one time when he was explaining a play to me, I really didn't care about the play. I was excited because he was talking to me," Bryant said. "It is a dream come true. I always wanted to be a Dallas Cowboy. ... I'm trying to get past the excitement and just get ready and focus on football."

Returning receivers Patrick Crayton and Sam Hurd both were given permission to seek a trade after Bryant was drafted. Hurd took part in Monday's workout that was open to reporters. Crayton didn't.

Hurd, who had thumb surgery in February, said he is "working as hard as he can" and can't predict what will happen.
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Glad Dez is getting some passes from Romo. Nice to see Hurd is there. Crayton will be gone soon. Hope we can get a pick out of him at least. I wouldn't just give him away.

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DP · May 19, 2010

Yeah good move, if he went to play Golf he would of been ripped apart.

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