Rodolfo Cazaubón Jr. (born 5 August 1989) is a Mexican
professional golfer
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who currently plays on the
Web.com Tour.
Amateur career
Cazaubón played college golf at the
University of North Texas where he won three tournaments in his senior year and was an
All-American in 2013. He played on the Mexican team in the 2010 and 2012
Eisenhower Trophy. The 2012 team finished second to the United States by five strokes. He also played on the Mexican team in the
2011 World University Games, helping the team to a bronze medal.
Professional career
Cazaubón turned professional in 2013 and largely played on PGA Tour Latinoamérica during the 2014 season.
His best result during his inaugural season as a professional was a second place at the 2014
Mundo Maya Open
The Mundo Maya Open was a men's professional golf tournament held in Mexico on PGA Tour Latinoamérica.
The tournament was the inaugural event on PGA Tour Latinoamérica when it was first hosted in 2012 and has been hosted on the Jack Nicklaus d ...
.
During the
2015 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season, Cazaubón won his first
Official World Golf Ranking
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The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolli ...
points event at the
Lexus Panama Classic He followed this up with his second win on the tour at the
Dominican Republic Open in June 2015.
Cazaubón earned his third win of the season at the
Lexus Peru Open
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and finished 2015 leading the Tour's Order of Merit, making him fully exempt for the 2016 Web.com Tour. He represented Mexico in Rio 2016 Olympic games
Professional wins (6)
PGA Tour Latinoamérica wins (4)
PGA Tour Latinoamérica Developmental Series wins (2)
Team appearances
Amateur
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Eisenhower Trophy (representing Mexico):
2010
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2012
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Professional
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Aruba Cup (representing
PGA Tour Latinoamérica): 2017
References
External links
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Mexican male golfers
North Texas Mean Green men's golfers
PGA Tour Latinoamérica golfers
Olympic golfers of Mexico
Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Universiade medalists in golf
Universiade bronze medalists for Mexico
Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
Sportspeople from Tampico, Tamaulipas
1989 births
Living people
21st-century Mexican people