Tarleton State University Athletics

Senior (2024-25):
Finished his collegiate career tied for the most top 10 finishes in the program’s Division I Era with five … Led Tarleton State in stroke average (73.2) and top 20 finishes (6), competing in all 10 tournaments for the Texans … Recorded a pair of top 10 finishes … Had nine rounds where he shot under par, starting with a 1-under-par 71 in the second round of the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational … Had a 4-under-par 68 and a 2-under-par 70 in the Mark Simpson Invitational, putting him tied for 14th … Finished the fall with a 3-under-par performance at the Monterrey Collegiate Classic, putting him in a tie for 20th … Collected his first top 10 finish of the season at the Bentwater Intercollegiate, shooting a 3-under-par 68 in the second round en route to seventh place … Shot 6-under-par at the Desert Intercollegiate to finish in 13th … Came up with his second top 10 finish of the season at the Bandon Dunes Invitational, tying for sixth place … Tied for 20th at the WAC Championship with a 227 54-hole score.

Junior (2023-24):
Competed in 10 tournaments with three top 10 finishes, having a stroke average of 73.3 in 29 rounds ... Collected his first under par performance with a 3-under-par 69 in the second round of the Monterrey International Invitational .. Shot an 8-under-par (208) for his best 54-hole performance of the season, finishing tied for fifth overall ... Came up with a season-low 5-under-par en route to tying for second overall at The Big Texan ... Capped off the season tied for 10th in the 2024 WAC Championship ... Named Academic All-WAC. 

Sophomore (2022-23):
Made his Tarleton debut in the second tournament of the spring semester and competed in the rest, playing 18 total rounds across six events … Averaged a 74.9 round score … Had a season-best round of 69 (-3) to open the WAC Championship … Had season-best finishes of tied 31st twice, last at the Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City at Finkbine Golf Course on April 14-15, shooting +3 overall (73-74-72) … Also went +3 overall at the WAC Championship (69-76-74) to end his sophomore campaign.
 
Milligan University:
Played in six tournaments as a freshman for the Buffaloes, logging two top-10 finishes, including a silver medal at the Nick England Memorial as he shot -3 (68) … Took sixth at the East Tennessee Collegiate with a two-round score of +1, shooting 73-72.
 
Blume National Golf School:
Participated in every Spanish Championship, both at the regional and national levels, at his age group from 2011-21 … Won the U16 Spanish regional championship in 2019, and the U16 interregional championship in both 2018 and 2019 … Before leaving for Milligan, the Spaniard ranked in the top-20 of his home country's U18 rankings.
 
Personal:
Is a 2021 graduate of Blume National Golf School in Spain … Owns a +3.7 handicap … All-time low score is a -7 (65) … Finished tied-11th at the Absolute Amateur Spain Championship with a -10 score across four rounds in 2021, and won the IV Castilla Y Leon Cup Federation … Full name is Alvaro Ruiz De Huidobro Linero … Hometown is Gijon, Spain … Son of Alvaro and Cristina … Pursuing a degree in economics … Born Aug. 13.