House Resolution 47 - Introduced
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H.R. ________ S.R. ________
1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY MASCHER, ABDUL-SAMAD, ALONS, ANDERSON,
1 3 ARNOLD, BAILEY, BAUDLER, BELL, BERRY, BOAL,
1 4 BUKTA, CHAMBERS, CLUTE, COHOON, DANDEKAR,
1 5 DAVITT, DE BOEF, DEYOE, DOLECHECK, DRAKE,
1 6 FOEGE, FORD, FORRISTALL, FREVERT, GASKILL,
1 7 GAYMAN, GIPP, GRANZOW, GRASSLEY, GREINER,
1 8 HEATON, HEDDENS, HOFFMAN, HORBACH, HUNTER,
1 9 HUSEMAN, JACOBS, JACOBY, JOCHUM, KAUFMANN,
1 10 KELLEY, KRESSIG, KUHN, LENSING, LUKAN,
1 11 LYKAM, MAY, McCARTHY, MERTZ, H. MILLER,
1 12 L. MILLER, MURPHY, OLDSON, D. OLSON, R. OLSON,
1 13 S. OLSON, T. OLSON, PALMER, PAULSEN, PETERSEN,
1 14 PETTENGILL, QUIRK, RAECKER, RANTS, RASMUSSEN,
1 15 RAYHONS, REASONER, REICHERT, ROBERTS, SANDS,
1 16 SCHICKEL, SCHUELLER, SHOMSHOR, SMITH,
1 17 SODERBERG, STAED, STRUYK, SWAIM, D. TAYLOR,
1 18 T. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TJEPKES, TOMENGA,
1 19 TYMESON, UPMEYER, VAN ENGELENHOVEN,
1 20 VAN FOSSEN, WATTS, WENDT, WENTHE,
1 21 WESSEL-KROESCHELL, WHITAKER, WHITEAD,
1 22 WIENCEK, WINCKLER, WINDSCHITL, WISE,
1 23 WORTHAN, and ZIRKELBACH
1 24 A Resolution to honor professional golfer and Iowa's
1 25 own Zach Johnson on winning the 2007 Masters golf
1 26 tournament.
1 27 WHEREAS, since 1934 the Masters Tournament, held
1 28 annually at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta,
1 29 Georgia, has been one of golf's four premier
1 30 tournaments; and
2 1 WHEREAS, in 2007, the green jacket, the coveted
2 2 symbol of a Masters Tournament victory, has gone to
2 3 Iowa=born and raised Zach Johnson, who is the first
2 4 Iowan to win the Masters golf tournament; and
2 5 WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson won the Masters, his second
2 6 victory on the Professional Golfers Association (PGA)
2 7 tour, by taking control with three birdies on Augusta
2 8 National's back nine, winning with a 1=over=par 289
2 9 score; and
2 10 WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson grew up in Cedar Rapids,
2 11 taking up the game of golf at the age of 10, learning
2 12 and perfecting his game at Regis High School in Cedar
2 13 Rapids and then Drake University in Des Moines; and
2 14 WHEREAS, in 1998, Mr. Johnson graduated from Drake
2 15 University and took a bold step by turning
2 16 professional; and
2 17 WHEREAS, in 2003, according to PGA biographical
2 18 information, Mr. Johnson earned Nationwide Tour Player
2 19 of the Year honors after making the cut in 19 of 20
2 20 tournament events, including the last 17 and finishing
2 21 first on the final list of money earners; and
2 22 WHEREAS, in 2004, Mr. Johnson had an incredible
2 23 rookie season, becoming just the second player in PGA
2 24 tour history to surpass $2 million in earnings in his
2 25 first season, making 24 of 30 cuts and picking up his
2 26 first tour win in just his 13th career tournament; and
2 27 WHEREAS, in the next two years, Mr. Johnson built
2 28 on his growing record; in 2005 he placed third at the
2 29 Ford Championship at Doral and in 2006 he posted
2 30 runner=up finishes at the BellSouth Classic and the
3 1 Memorial, posted third at the World Golf
3 2 Championships=Accenture Match Play Championship, and
3 3 made the 2006 United States Ryder Cup team; NOW
3 4 THEREFORE,
3 5 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
3 6 That the House of Representatives, on behalf of all
3 7 Iowans, honors our own Zach Johnson, the 2007 Masters
3 8 golf tournament champion, a man who by his own words
3 9 is "a Midwest guy from Iowa" and whose open and
3 10 friendly manner, dedication to his craft, and
3 11 understated competence embody the qualities that are
3 12 so dear to Iowans; and
3 13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That upon adoption the
3 14 Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives is
3 15 directed to prepare an official copy of this
3 16 Resolution for presentation to Zach Johnson.
3 17 LSB 2905HH 82
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