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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Robin Burke has been selected to serve as captain of |
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the 2016 United States Curtis Cup team; and |
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WHEREAS, Established in 1932 and held every two years, the |
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Curtis Cup is an international team competition featuring talented |
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amateur women golfers from the United States and Great Britain and |
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Ireland; Ms. Burke will guide eight of the country's top amateur |
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players at the 2016 contest held at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club in |
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Dublin, where the U.S. team will take on its European counterparts |
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for the right to take home the Curtis Cup trophy; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Burke has enjoyed a successful career as an |
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amateur golfer, having competed in three U.S. Women's Opens and |
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dozens of other United States Golf Association tournaments; she |
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finished as runner-up at the 1997 U.S. Women's Amateur, and she has |
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reached the semifinals of the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur on three |
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separate occasions; moreover, she has claimed numerous tournament |
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championships at the Southern Women's Amateur, Texas Women's |
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Amateur, and Greater Houston Women's City Amateur; a vital member |
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of the Team USA 1998 Curtis Cup-winning squad, she joins an elite |
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list of former players who have also served as captain; and |
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WHEREAS, Highly respected within the golfing community, |
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Ms. Burke is the wife of two-time major champion and World Golf Hall |
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of Famer Jack Burke Jr.; moreover, she serves as vice president of |
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Champions Golf Club, which she owns with her husband in Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, Robin Burke is an accomplished amateur golfer who |
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has contributed greatly to the rich golfing tradition of the Lone |
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Star State, and she is indeed deserving of this prestigious new |
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role; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Robin Burke on being named captain |
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of the 2016 USA Curtis Cup team and extend to her sincere best |
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wishes for 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 Ms. Burke as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |