By Woolley                                             H.R. No. 987
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                                 R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           WHEREAS, The Onion Creek Club is hosting The Philips
 1-2     Invitational Honoring Harvey Penick tournament of the Ladies
 1-3     Professional Golf Association (LPGA) on May 17-23, 1999, and this
 1-4     outstanding occasion provides a fitting opportunity to recognize
 1-5     this estimable country club and the LPGA; and
 1-6           WHEREAS, Founded in 1974 by Masters champion Jimmy Demaret
 1-7     and Texas amateur golf legend Jimmie Connolly, Onion Creek Club is
 1-8     a spectacular and nationally acclaimed facility renowned as the
 1-9     "Birthplace of the Senior PGA Tour"; and
1-10           WHEREAS, The first LPGA tournament in Austin since 1962, The
1-11     Philips Invitational Honoring Harvey Penick is sponsored by Philips
1-12     Electronics and is the only 1999 LPGA event in Texas; this
1-13     tournament honors the late Harvey Penick, one of golf's greatest
1-14     instructors and most humble legends, who taught almost half the
1-15     players in the LPGA Hall of Fame; and
1-16           WHEREAS, The LPGA is the leading women's sports association,
1-17     and this nonprofit organization is involved in all facets of the
1-18     game of golf; Texas has hosted 23 LPGA events through the years,
1-19     and many of the tour's brightest stars are from the Lone Star
1-20     State, including one of the LPGA's founders and charter members
1-21     Marilynn Smith, Hall of Fame members Kathy Whitworth, Sandra
1-22     Haynie, and Betsy Rawls, current players such as Cindy
1-23     Figg-Currier, Kelli Kuehne, and Wendy Ward, and Sports Hall of Fame
1-24     inductee Judy Rankin; and
 2-1           WHEREAS, The Philips Invitational Honoring Harvey Penick will
 2-2     certainly be an exciting and entertaining event for the Onion Creek
 2-3     Club and the LPGA, and it is most appropriate to pay tribute to
 2-4     both of these distinguished organizations at this time; now,
 2-5     therefore, be it
 2-6           RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas
 2-7     Legislature hereby honor all those associated with the Onion Creek
 2-8     Club and the Ladies Professional Golf Association and extend to
 2-9     them sincere best wishes for a successful tournament.