Oscar Alvarez

The son of Oscar Alvarez and Adiela Orrego...Best competitive round of 61 at La Pradera, which is also the lowest round ever in Colombia...Holds the Kalamazoo Golf Course record of 62 (nine-under-par) in Michiganâ?¦One of the first players from Columbia to ever play in the U.S. Openâ?¦Currently a sophomore at Brigham Young Universityâ?¦Earned Honorable Mention All-America Honors after finishing 17th overall in the NCAA Championshipsâ?¦Finished the season ranked No. 64 in the nation.
At BYU:(2004) Tied for 11th place after shooting five-under-par at the Fresno Lexus Classicâ?¦Tied for ninth place at the Barona Collegiate Cup, shooting a career round low 68â?¦Tied for 9th place for the second time this season at Cleveland Classic, tying his single round low of 68â?¦Took a 12th-place tie at the Morris Williams, tying his single round low of 68 and shooting 68-73-73--214 (-2) overallâ?¦Tied his single round low of 68 at the Border Olympics, shooting 73-68-69--210 (-6) for a fourth-place finish, his best of the seasonâ?¦Only Cougar in the top 20 as he took 16th at ASU Thunderbird with a six-under 70-67-73--210, tallying a new single-round low of 67â?¦ (2003) Shot a third round low 69 in the John A. Burns Invitationalâ?¦Tied for 22nd in the Border Olympics with 71-70-76-217â?¦Tied for 3rd earning his first top-five finish in the Cougar Classic with 70-70-72-212â?¦Shot three-under-par to finish sixth in the MWC Championship with 72-69-72-213â?¦Ranked No. 176 by Golfweek Collegiate Rankings for the 2002-03 season.
Other Accomplishments: Finished second in the South American Amateur Tournament (a match-play event) in Rio de Janiero, Brazil in 2002â?¦Finished seventh in the Professional Rodeo Open shooting five-under-par in Medellin, Colombia in 2002â?¦Won the Copa Delta Tournament in Bogota, Colombia shooting eight-under-par in 2001â?¦Won the National Amateur (a match-play event) in Bogota, Colombia in 2001â?¦Shot 18-under-par to win the Macorena Open in Medellin, Colombia in 2001â?¦Named Colombia's 2000 Player of the Yearâ?¦Finished eigth in the World Amateur in Germany shooting even parâ?¦Won the Junior National in Barranquilla, Colombia (a match-play event)â?¦Played in the World Team Championship in Japan finishing seventh at two-under-parâ?¦South American Junior Championâ?¦Runner-up at the 1999 U.S. Junior.