Senate Resolution 44 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2        BY  GRONSTAL, LUNDBY, KIBBIE, HORN, HOGG,
  1  3      ANGELO, APPEL, BEALL, BEHN, BLACK, BOETTGER,
  1  4    BOLKCOM, CONNOLLY, COURTNEY, DANIELSON, DEARDEN,
  1  5        DOTZLER, DVORSKY, FRAISE, GASKILL, HAHN,
  1  6       HANCOCK, HARTSUCH, HATCH, HECKROTH, HOUSER,
  1  7      JOHNSON, KETTERING, KREIMAN, McCOY, McKIBBEN,
  1  8         McKINLEY, MULDER, NOBLE, OLIVE, PUTNEY,
  1  9     QUIRMBACH, RAGAN, RIELLY, SCHMITZ, SCHOENJAHN,
  1 10     SENG, SEYMOUR, STEWART, WARD, WARNSTADT, WIECK,
  1 11                 WOOD, ZAUN, and ZIEMAN
  1 12 A Resolution to honor professional golfer and Iowa's
  1 13    own Zach Johnson on winning the 2007 Masters golf
  1 14    tournament.
  1 15    WHEREAS, since 1934 the Masters Tournament, held
  1 16 annually at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta,
  1 17 Georgia, has been one of golf's four premier
  1 18 tournaments; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, in 2007, the green jacket, the coveted
  1 20 symbol of a Masters Tournament victory, has gone to
  1 21 Iowa=born and raised Zach Johnson, who is the first
  1 22 Iowan to win the Masters golf tournament; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson won the Masters, his second
  1 24 victory on the Professional Golfers Association (PGA)
  1 25 tour, by taking control with three birdies on Augusta
  1 26 National's back nine, winning with a 1=over=par 289
  1 27 score; and
  1 28    WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson grew up in Cedar Rapids,
  1 29 taking up the game of golf at the age of 10, learning
  1 30 and perfecting his game at Regis High School in Cedar
  2  1 Rapids and then Drake University in Des Moines; and
  2  2    WHEREAS, in 1998, Mr. Johnson graduated from Drake
  2  3 University and took a bold step by turning
  2  4 professional; and
  2  5    WHEREAS, in 2003, according to PGA biographical
  2  6 information, Mr. Johnson earned Nationwide Tour Player
  2  7 of the Year honors after making the cut in 19 of 20
  2  8 tournament events, including the last 17 and finishing
  2  9 first on the final list of money earners; and
  2 10    WHEREAS, in 2004, Mr. Johnson had an incredible
  2 11 rookie season, becoming just the second player in PGA
  2 12 tour history to surpass $2 million in earnings in his
  2 13 first season, making 24 of 30 cuts and picking up his
  2 14 first tour win in just his 13th career tournament; and
  2 15    WHEREAS, in the next two years, Mr. Johnson built
  2 16 on his growing record; in 2005 he placed third at the
  2 17 Ford Championship at Doral and in 2006 he posted
  2 18 runner=up finishes at the BellSouth Classic and the
  2 19 Memorial, posted third at the World Golf
  2 20 Championships=Accenture Match Play Championship, and
  2 21 made the 2006 United States Ryder Cup team; NOW
  2 22 THEREFORE,
  2 23    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate, on
  2 24 behalf of all Iowans, honors our own Zach Johnson, the
  2 25 2007 Masters golf tournament champion, a man who by
  2 26 his own words is "a Midwest guy from Iowa" and whose
  2 27 open and friendly manner, dedication to his craft, and
  2 28 understated competence embody the qualities that are
  2 29 so dear to Iowans; and
  2 30    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That upon adoption the
  3  1 Secretary of the Senate is directed to prepare an
  3  2 official copy of this Resolution for presentation to
  3  3 Zach Johnson.
  3  4 LSB 2905SS 82
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