Player Bio: Mauricio Azcue - UCLA Official Athletic Site
April 17, 2013 | Men's Golf
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Mauricio Azcue
Class: Senior
Hometown: Mexico City, Mexico
Height / Weight: 6-0 / 180
R/L: Right
Amateur Golf -- Represented Mexico in the 2008 World Amateur Team Championship in Adelaide, Australia ... Mexico finished 33rd at 598 (+18) and he tied for 92nd with scores of 80--77-76-72--305 (+15) ... In 2007, he won the Toyota qualifier in Puerto Rico with scores of 69-68-72--209 ... He also placed sixth in the Optimist International with scores of 74-69-72-73--288 ... In Mexico, he won the Campeon de Campeones with scores of 64-70-70--204 (-12), setting a national junior record in his home country ... Also won the Miguel Aleman tournament in Mexico City with scores of 70-66-73--209.
Junior Golf -- In 2008, his best AJGA finish was a tie for 11th at the Thunderbird International where he posted scores of 75-69-71--215 ... He finished the 2007 season ranked 38th in the U.S. after recording three Top 20 results, including two Top 10s ... Tied for fourth at the Junior World Championship with scores of 72-69-75-74--290 and tied for eighth at the Rolex TOC with scores of 71-73-75-71--290.
Personal -- Surname is pronounced: as-KWAY ... Has one sister, Natalia, and one brother, Bruno ... Chose UCLA because, "I really like everything here" ... Lists his greatest thrill as winning the Mexican National Amateur championship ... Lists playing soccer as a hobby ... Admires PGA professional Sergio Garcia ... Born in his hometown ... Undeclared major.