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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, In an impressive display of skill and determination, |
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Texas native Jordan Spieth captured the 79th Masters Tournament |
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championship on April 12, 2015; and |
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WHEREAS, Competing against the game's best at Augusta |
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National Golf Club in Georgia, Mr. Spieth put on a dazzling |
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performance throughout the event, beginning with the opening round, |
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when he posted an 8-under 64 to take a three-shot lead on the field; |
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during the second round, he made six birdies with no bogies to |
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bolster his lead, and his two-day score of 14-under par set a new |
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36-hole scoring mark for the Masters; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Spieth continued his pace-setting week by |
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shooting a 2-under 70 in both of the final rounds, ultimately |
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carding a total score of 18-under 270 to match the tournament record |
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set by Tiger Woods in 1997; en route to becoming the second-youngest |
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player to earn the coveted green jacket, he was the first Masters |
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contestant to lead the entire event since Raymond Floyd |
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accomplished that feat in 1976; and |
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WHEREAS, The Masters victory marks the first major |
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championship for Mr. Spieth and the latest in a string of notable |
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achievements; he began playing golf at the age of nine at Brookhaven |
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Country Club in Dallas, and his budding talent was later nurtured by |
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golf coach Cameron McCormick; he established himself as a prodigy |
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by winning the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship in 2009 and 2011, |
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joining Tiger Woods as the only golfers to win the event twice; and |
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WHEREAS, This accomplished athlete went on to attend The |
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University of Texas at Austin, where he led the Longhorns to the |
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NCAA Championship as a freshman and received Big 12 Player of the |
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Year and All-American first team honors; at 19 years of age, he |
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turned professional and became the PGA Tour's youngest winner since |
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1931 with his triumph at the 2013 John Deere Classic; he later |
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placed second at the Wyndham and Tour Championships and capped off |
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his first season by being named the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year and |
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being selected for the Presidents Cup team; he furthered his |
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success in 2014 by notching runner-up finishes at the Hyundai |
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Tournament of Champions and his inaugural Masters Tournament, and |
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he later won his second PGA Tour event at the 2015 Valspar |
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Championship; and |
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WHEREAS, By delivering one of the finest performances in the |
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history of the Masters Tournament, Jordan Spieth has proven himself |
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as one of the sport's premier competitors, and he is indeed |
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deserving of recognition for his outstanding accomplishment; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Jordan Spieth on winning the 2015 |
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Masters Tournament and extend to him sincere best wishes for |
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continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Spieth as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Villalba |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2216 was adopted by the House on May |
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21, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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