Tempest Golf Club excited to host Tony Romo, amateur golfers

The Tempest Golf Club in Gladewater will host its first U.S. Amateur Championship Qualifier on Wednesday and it could not come with a bigger name to promote.
Published: Jun. 29, 2021 at 6:11 PM CDT
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GLADEWATER, Texas (KLTV) - The Tempest Golf Club in Gladewater will host its first U.S. Amateur Championship Qualifier on Wednesday, and it could not come with a bigger name to promote.

Along with several local golfers, former Dallas Cowboy Tony Romo will be in the field for the one-day, 36-hole event.

“I got the email last week from the USGA on the pairings, and I am going over the list of names,” said Randy Wade Director of Golf for Tempest. “We have a couple of local kids playing. Sam Benson, a New Diana graduate is going to Weatherford to play. Cade Bruce, an SFA golfer from Longview, and I look down the list and I see Tony Romo. I got really excited. This will bring a lot of notoriety to the course. "

The course opened in 2018 after a total redesign of Southern Hills Country Club.

“Most golf courses are flat with not much elevation,” Wade said. “They are old school, down and backbends right, left. We have a lot of elevation changes here. There is a lot of up and down and right and left. That will create a challenge for all these golfers. The distance will be the biggest thing at 7,200 yards, walking 36 holes in a day.”

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