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We're almost through the first round of the U.S. Open and as far as these things go, the scoring has been pretty respectable. Kevin Streelman is atop the leaderboard at 4-under, and there are currently 27 players at even par or better.

Earlier this week, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo teed it up at Torrey Pines, site of the Open, and fired a 84 from the tips. That's like Tim Herron rushing for 100 yards in a NFL preseason game.* Pretty impressive.

The Dallas Morning News' Todd Archer caught up with Romo yesterday to get his U.S. Open predictions, and to get his take on the course set-up:

"I think 5 under, 4 under [wins it]," Romo said. "[Concerning the course it's r]eal tough. It was definitely the hardest course I ever played. The length, the rough, how firm the greens were, the tightness of the fairways, a little bit of wind, so the combination of all of them together, it was hard."

I was sorta hoping Sergio Garcia would put up a 90 so I could make the predictable "Romo's better than El Niño!" observation, but after going out in 41, he's playing even par through 16 holes. So much for that.

If Romo had been in the field today, he would currently be tied for 152nd, which is good for next-to-last. Of course, the difference in the course from Monday to Thursday is probably worth four or five strokes. Still, an amateur breaking 90 from 7,600 yards three days before the Open is mind-boggling.

* Slight exaggeration since it's not clear Herron has ever actually run 100 yards.