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PARKER ROMO DOES not embellish when asked about the job he recently left. He describes his role as outside services supervisor at a golf course in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in the simplest terms.

"It's like a fancy way of saying 'glorified cart boy,'" he said.

The nearly 8,000-yard track at The Blessings Golf Club is a sought-after course, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., and ranked second in the state by Golf Digest. But as much as Romo might have enjoyed mingling with golfers, he was there in part because the early-morning schedule allowed him to leave afternoons open to stay sharp for the job he actually aspired to.