Attended Anahuac University in Mexico City and is expected to graduate with a business degree in 2014.

Says if he weren't playing golf as a professional he'd be a businessman.

Has two younger brothers.

Favorite course is Mayakoba and would like to play Augusta National.

Favorite teams are Real Madrid and LSU.

Favorite TV show is "Prison Break," and movie is "Scarface."

Likes Japanese food and carries Power Bars in his bag as a snack.

Favorite athlete in another sport is Michael Jordan.

Likes to visit Acapulco.

Would include Tiger Woods, Adam Scott and Jason Day in a dream foursome.

His personal motto is: "Never give up."

Won the Mexican Amateur Championship in 2011 and 2012.

Finished third at the 2012 U.S. Amateur's stroke-play competition and then lost in the first round of match play.

Earned low individual honors at the 2012 World Amateur Team Championship in Turkey. Posted rounds of 66-67-66 for a 54-hole total of 15-under and a one-shot win over the U.S.'s Chris Williams. Became the first Mexican to win the WATC's individual title si