2017 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 112
BY SENATORS LONG, ALARIO, ALLAIN, APPEL, BARROW, BISHOP,
BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CHABERT, CLAITOR, COLOMB,
CORTEZ, DONAHUE, ERDEY, FANNIN, GATTI, HEWITT, JOHNS,
LAFLEUR, LAMBERT, LUNEAU, MARTINY, MILKOVICH, MILLS,
MIZELL, MORRELL, MORRISH, PEACOCK, PERRY, PETERSON,
RISER, GARY SMITH, JOHN SMITH, TARVER, THOMPSON,
WALSWORTH, WARD AND WHITE AND REPRESENTATIVE
JACKSON
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend and congratulate David Wayne Toms on being named to the 2017 Louisiana
Sports Hall of Fame.
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches, Louisiana, each year
collaborates with the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in selecting a limited number of
sports figures who embody the character, skill, and talent worthy of being named to the hall
of fame; and
WHEREAS, the 2017 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class includes David
Wayne Toms; and
WHEREAS, he was born on January 4, 1967, in Monroe, Louisiana, and established
himself as an able golfer while playing on the team at Airline High School in Bossier City,
Louisiana, where in 1984 he won the Junior World Golf Championship; and
WHEREAS, David Toms continued to excel on the course while attending Louisiana
State University, where he was a two-time first-team All-American, and after graduating,
he finished T23 at the Professional Golfers Association Tour qualifying school to earn his
first tour card for the 1992 season; and
WHEREAS, he has completed his twenty-fourth season on the PGA Tour and has
earned a stellar thirteen career victories, including the 2001 PGA Championship and the
2001 Compaq Classic, has had sixteen runner-up finishes while making 411 cuts in 611
career starts, made the 2002 World Cup, three U.S. Ryder Cup teams, was instrumental in
helping the United States win the 2007 Presidents Cup, and has tied for fourth in the U.S.
and British Opens; and
Page 1 of 2 SCR NO. 112 ENROLLED
WHEREAS, the successful golfing career of David Wayne Toms has rightly earned
him a place among the many greats in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate David Wayne Toms on being named to the 2017 Louisiana
Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
David Wayne Toms.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Page 2 of 2