Four-time member of the Palmer Cup team (2003-06).

A four-time All-America at Arizona State University, where he captured the 2003 NCAA individual championship as a freshman, just the sixth freshman in NCAA history to accomplish the feat.

Won the 2002 Spanish Amateur Match Play Championship.

His father, Jose Maria, was a member of the Champions Tour and his brother Gabriel played on the Challenge Tour in Europe.

His father played on four Ryder Cup teams, won the World Cup with Jose' Rivero in 1984 and has 14 professional victories worldwide.

Father has played the Champions Tour since 1997, with a victory at the 2001 Toshiba Senior Classic. Shares the same birthday as Sergio Garcia.