In just his second tournament as a PGA Tour member, Norwegian pro Kristoffer Ventura was forced to address a strange allegation: that he had spit on Tony Romo’s golf ball.
Playing the par-5 16th hole at the Safeway Open on Friday, Romo stood in the fairway, 278 yards out, and pulled 3-wood. According to playing partner Michael Gellerman, their group believed the hole was open in front of them — nobody was on the green, and the pin was in.
Gellerman and Beau Hossler hit their approach shots, and then Romo striped his, “the best 3-wood I’ve ever seen in like a month,” according to Gellerman. The ball rolled onto the green and settled just past the pin, leaving just inside six feet for eagle. The only problem? The group in front was still playing the hole.
Up ahead, Dom Bozzelli, Hank Lebioda and Ventura still needed to finish on the green. Ventura, hovering around the cut line, was the last man to putt. His two-footer put his stance on the edge of what would be Romo’s line to the hole. Ventura slipped his par putt inside the left edge of the hole, then took a close glance at Romo’s ball on the way off the green.
