Eduardo Alejandro Romero (17 July 1954 – 13 February 2022) was an Argentine professional golfer. Nicknamed "El Gato" ("The Cat"), he won over 80 professional tournaments around the world, including eight on the European Tour and five on the Champions Tour, with two senior majors; he also won over 50 times in South America and was a member of the Argentine team at the World Cup on 14 occasions.

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Eduardo Romero
Romero in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Eduardo Alejandro Romero
Nickname	El Gato (The Cat)
Born	(1954-07-17)17 July 1954 Córdoba, Argentina
Died	13 February 2022(2022-02-13) (aged 67) Villa Allende, Córdoba Province, Argentina
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	210 lb (95 kg; 15 st)
Sporting nationality	Argentina
Spouse	Adriana ​ (m. 1978)​
Children	1
Career
Turned professional	1980
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour PGA Tour Champions European Seniors Tour
Professional wins	75
Highest ranking	19 (7 July 1991)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	8
PGA Tour Champions	5
European Senior Tour	3
Other	60
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	39th: 2004
PGA Championship	T20: 1993
U.S. Open	T15: 2003
The Open Championship	T7: 1997
Achievements and awards
Champions Tour Rookie of the Year 2006

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Romero was born in Córdoba to a family of modest means.^[2]

Romero turned professional in 1982. He played extensively in Latin America on the Tour de las Americas and its predecessor the "South American Tour", but his international profile is mainly based on his success on the more prestigious European Tour and in senior golf in the United States and Europe. He reached the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking.^[3][4]

He first played on the European Tour in 1985 and was a full member from 1988 to 2005. He had 8 tournament victories and seven top twenty placings on the Order of Merit. In 2002 he became the third oldest winner on the European Tour (behind Des Smyth and Neil Coles) when he won the Scottish Open just three days before his 48th birthday. Romero came fifth on the Order of Merit for 2002. Romero turned fifty in 2004, and just a few days later he finished in a tie for second at his first senior tournament, the Senior British Open. In 2005 he won his first senior title at the European Seniors Tour's Travis Perkins Senior Masters, and he won the Wentworth Senior Masters in both 2005 and 2006. In 2006, he lost in a playoff against Loren Roberts for the Senior British Open Championship and won a playoff against Lonnie Nielsen for the JELD-WEN Tradition for his first Champions Tour win and major. He was the Champions Tour's 2006 Rookie of the Year. He won the U.S. Senior Open, his second major, at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs in 2008.^[2]

Romero won more than eighty tournaments in Latin America.^[2] He represented Argentina in the World Cup and the Alfred Dunhill Cup numerous times, and he participated in the UBS Cup in 2002 and 2003. He also appeared on The Golf Channel's The Big Break series.

Romero's nickname was "El Gato" ("The Cat").^[2]

Romero died on 13 February 2022, at the age of 67 at his home in Villa Allende, Córdoba Province, Argentina.^[2][3][5][6] The Abierto del Centro, played on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica in April 2022, was renamed in memory of Romero.^[7]

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

CUT = missed the halfway cut

¹Cancelled due to 9/11

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

this list in incomplete

• World Cup (representing Argentina): 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Argentina): 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000
• UBS Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 2002, 2003 (tie)

• 1985 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
• 1994 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
• List of golfers with most European Tour wins