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.Santa Clara Polo Club /ref> After graduating from high school in Costa Rica, he moved to
Wellington, Florida
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with his parents in 1989. He graduated from
Florida Atlantic University
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He is a seven-goal professional polo player. He plays for
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and the
Lucchese Boot Company
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History
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. He has won the
Monty Waterbury Cup
The Monty Waterbury Cup is awarded annually in polo at the Meadowbrook Polo Club in Westbury, Long Island
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, among many other polo tournaments.
He also runs a polo school and a vacation program at the Santa Clara Polo Club, which he inherited from his father.Horace A. Laffaye, ''Polo in the United States: A History'', Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2011, p. 312 He has taught Thomas Kato, former CEO of Kato Construction and current CEO of
Merchant Hub
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