Romo's 'Informal Workouts' Seem to Include a Lot of Range Balls

On Monday, the FanHouse had a story about Tony Romo leaving a golf tournament on the final round after just nine holes because he had to take his girlfriend, Jessica Simpson, to the airport.

The eyebrows were raised on this because Romo was playing with his father, entered the final round with a chance to actually contend for the title and the fact that he, you know, quit. Reports were brought up that Romo actually left for informal workouts with the Cowboys in Dallas, but it must have been some short lived practice, because Tony is back on the links today.

Romo is one of 17 quarterbacks in a field of more than 75 sports stars and celebrities competing in the 19th annual American Century Championship Golf Tournament.

Now I know what you're thinking, he had three days to be in Dallas practicing with his teammates, but no respectable golfer is going to play in a tournament, especially a competitive tournament like this one amongst athletes, without playing at least one practice round. With this quote, you know he isn't showing up on the first tee cold turkey.

"Anything I do, I do competitively," says Romo, who finished 11th last year. "Things like this allow you to feel what it's like to put yourself in a position where there is pressure on you. The more times you can put yourself in that position, the better you'll become at it."

Sure, it isn't Watergate, but it seems a little absurd for a guy to be in Wisconsin, fly to Dallas for a night, knock out some extremely entertaining informal workouts only to hop on a plane and set the cruise towards Lake Tahoe.

Also, it doesn't paint leadership if you fly in for a day of tossing the ball to your receivers only to scream adios with your golf clubs in tow. It's worth noting that the name Tom Brady seems to be missing from the list of players teeing it up this morning.