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A U.S. Open Celeb Foursome: Romo, Lauer, Timberlake and a Cancer Survivor

DallasCowboys.com Tony Romo, missing out on the U.S. Open cut last year at Hackberry Creek Country Club in Irving Tony Romo can't seem to make the cut for the U.S. Open; he's tried for years, and just yesterday shot a 75 at a local qualifier to miss out making the...
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Tony Romo, missing out on the U.S. Open cut last year at Hackberry Creek Country Club in Irving

Tony Romo can’t seem to make the cut for the U.S. Open; he’s tried for years, and just yesterday shot a 75 at a local qualifier to miss out making the sectionals. Which doesn’t bother cancer survivor John Atkinson one danged bit.

Because next month, just a few days before the Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego, Atkinson will still get to play with Romo during a celeb event on the very same course. Atkinson won a Golf Digest essay-writing contest, beating out some 56,374 other entries for the chance to walk the course with Romo, Today‘s Matt Lauer and Justin Timberlake. Among the 100 words in his essay: “Nothing’s better than taking your buddies while on chemotherapy!” –Robert Wilonsky

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