SFA Signs Colombian Golfer Eldrick Juzga Pinto
12/19/2018 3:37:00 PM | Men's Golf
‘Jacks welcome Colombia’s second-ranked junior golfer as 2019 spring enrollee
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Head coach Trey Schroeder announced the signing of Eldrick Juzga Pinto Wednesday afternoon as a spring addition to the SFA men's golf program. A native of Bogotá, Colombia, Juzga Pinto comes to Nacogdoches following an impressive junior golf career in South America.
Ranked as the No. 2 junior golfer and sixth-best amateur in Colombia by Federación Colombiana de Golf, Juzga Pinto has had several top finishes in major tournaments in both Colombia and the U.S. He captured the 2017 Torneo Aficionado De El Rancho title with a three-round score of 219 (74-73-72), before taking home runner-up honors at the III Torneo Nacional de Aficionados "Copa Serta" with a four-round tally of 282 (69-72-71-70). Juzga Pinto finished third at the Selectivo Suramericano de Golf Juvenil with a final score of 293 (74-78-71-70) and placed 32nd in Miami, Florida, at the 2017 Doral Publix Junior after carding a three-round score of 233 (83-73-77).
A member of the Club Ruitoque golf team, Juzga Pinto graduated from Colegio Calasanz Bogotá and is the son of Blanco Pinto and Ricardo Juzga. He will arrive in Texas' oldest town as a true freshman and plans on studying economics at SFA.
The 'Jacks have the winter off from competition before returning to tournament play for their spring championship season. To begin 2019, SFA will head to Patterson, Louisiana, Feb. 18-19 for Nicholls' Atchafalaya Intercollegiate held at the Atchafalaya Golf Course.
Stay tuned to SFAJacks.com, as well as SFA's social media platforms, for complete coverage of Ladyjack golf throughout the fall.
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Ranked as the No. 2 junior golfer and sixth-best amateur in Colombia by Federación Colombiana de Golf, Juzga Pinto has had several top finishes in major tournaments in both Colombia and the U.S. He captured the 2017 Torneo Aficionado De El Rancho title with a three-round score of 219 (74-73-72), before taking home runner-up honors at the III Torneo Nacional de Aficionados "Copa Serta" with a four-round tally of 282 (69-72-71-70). Juzga Pinto finished third at the Selectivo Suramericano de Golf Juvenil with a final score of 293 (74-78-71-70) and placed 32nd in Miami, Florida, at the 2017 Doral Publix Junior after carding a three-round score of 233 (83-73-77).
A member of the Club Ruitoque golf team, Juzga Pinto graduated from Colegio Calasanz Bogotá and is the son of Blanco Pinto and Ricardo Juzga. He will arrive in Texas' oldest town as a true freshman and plans on studying economics at SFA.
The 'Jacks have the winter off from competition before returning to tournament play for their spring championship season. To begin 2019, SFA will head to Patterson, Louisiana, Feb. 18-19 for Nicholls' Atchafalaya Intercollegiate held at the Atchafalaya Golf Course.
Stay tuned to SFAJacks.com, as well as SFA's social media platforms, for complete coverage of Ladyjack golf throughout the fall.
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