Luis Escobar (polo)

Luis Escobar (born 1971) is a seven-goal polo player. He also owns the Santa Clara Polo Club in Palm Beach, Florida.

Biography

Early life

Luis Escobar was born in 1971 in Costa Rica.[1] After graduating from high school in Costa Rica, he moved to Wellington, Florida with his parents in 1989.[1] He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Marketing.[1] In 1984, his father purchased the Santa Clara Polo Club in Palm Beach, Florida.[1]

Polo career

He is a seven-goal professional polo player.[1] He plays for EFG International and the Lucchese Boot Company.[1] He has won the Monty Waterbury Cup, among many other polo tournaments.[1]

He also runs a polo school and a vacation program at the Santa Clara Polo Club, which he inherited from his father.[1][2] He has taught Thomas Kato, former CEO of Kato Construction and current CEO of Merchant Hub, a credit card processing company.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Santa Clara Polo Club
  2. ↑ Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2011, p. 312
  3. ↑ Christina de Nicola, Sand polo on Miami Beach, The Miami Herald, April 25, 2013


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