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2025-26 Men's Golf

Rodrigo Garcia Teruel

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Puebla, Mexico
  • Highschool Modern Academy

Biography

2024-25: Golfed in 18 rounds over six tournaments and posted a 75.78 average as a freshman… Had a season-best 72 in the second and third rounds of the Ram Masters Invitational, finishing that tournament with a season-best 54-hole score of 219 (+9).

Prep: Helped his high school team qualify for golf regionals… Was invited to AJGA Invitational tournaments (Mayakoba Invitational and Wyndham Invitational) during the summer of 2022 as part of the Mexico national team… Was the second-best junior player ranked in the valley of Mexico in 2022… Other honors include qualifying and playing in the U.S. Junior Amateur at Bandon Dunes in 2022, receiving an invite and playing in the International Junior Masters, finishing third individually in the FMG LXXI Mexican – International Junior, posting five top-5 finishes and nine top-20 finishes during the year 2022 and playing at the Mexican International Amateur representing AGVM… Played soccer in Club America, one of the best clubs in the league in Mexico as a junior in high school… Earned TEC Academic Awards in 2023 for having an overall average of 90 or more out of 100 during Grade 10 and Grade 11.

Personal: Knows how to speak fluent Spanish and English as well as some French… Started playing golf at age 5 and began competing in tournaments during age 10… During his two years as an exchange student in a golf academy in Canada, he learned how to live on his own and learned about a new culture.

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

  • 2025-26Sophomore