| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1032 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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| 3 | 3 | | recognize Lorena Ochoa, who is renowned as one of the most |
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| 4 | 4 | | successful golfers in the world, and one of the nicest; and |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Lorena Ochoa was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and |
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| 6 | 6 | | grew up next to the Guadalajara Country Club; as a young child, |
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| 7 | 7 | | she became fascinated with the game of golf while accompanying |
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| 8 | 8 | | her father as he played on his days off; she soon began taking |
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| 9 | 9 | | lessons and was successfully competing in national junior |
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| 10 | 10 | | tournaments at the age of seven; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | WHEREAS, An extraordinary young athlete, she played |
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| 12 | 12 | | competitive tennis and participated in numerous sports |
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| 13 | 13 | | activities; golf, however, was her favorite sport, and as an |
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| 14 | 14 | | adolescent, she won 22 state events in Guadalajara and 44 |
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| 15 | 15 | | national events in Mexico; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, She won five consecutive titles at the Junior |
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| 17 | 17 | | World Golf Championships and played two years with the University |
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| 18 | 18 | | of Arizona, where she won 12 out of 20 tournaments, including the |
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| 19 | 19 | | first seven consecutively, and garnered numerous accolades for |
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| 20 | 20 | | her record-breaking performance, including being named the |
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| 21 | 21 | | National Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year in |
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| 22 | 22 | | 2001 and 2002; she was the youngest person and first golfer to |
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| 23 | 23 | | receive Mexico's National Sports Award; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, She turned professional in 2002 and won three of |
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| 25 | 25 | | the 10 events she played on the 2002 Futures Tour; she joined the |
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| 26 | 26 | | Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour in 2003 and continued |
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| 27 | 27 | | racking up championships and awards; in 2004, she became the |
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| 28 | 28 | | first Mexican-born player to win on the Ladies Professional Golf |
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| 29 | 29 | | Association Tour, winning two Tour titles and placing in the top |
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| 30 | 30 | | 10 in three of the four major championships; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, Since the start of the 2006 season, playing in 72 |
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| 32 | 32 | | events, she has won 21 tournaments, including two major |
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| 33 | 33 | | championships, has placed 58 times in the top 10, has won three |
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| 34 | 34 | | Player of the Year awards, and has been named the Associated |
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| 35 | 35 | | Press top female athlete two years in a row; in 2007, she became |
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| 36 | 36 | | the world's number one ranked golfer and the first woman to make |
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| 37 | 37 | | more than $4 million in a single season; she won the Vare Trophy |
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| 38 | 38 | | for the years 2006 through 2008 for having the Ladies |
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| 39 | 39 | | Professional Golf Association's lowest scoring average; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | WHEREAS, In November of 2008, she hosted the new Lorena |
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| 41 | 41 | | Ochoa Invitational, an annual Tour event held on her original |
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| 42 | 42 | | home course, the Guadalajara Country Club; proceeds from the |
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| 43 | 43 | | tournament help support the Lorena Ochoa Foundation, one of the |
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| 44 | 44 | | many ways Lorena gives back to her community; the foundation |
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| 45 | 45 | | operates a primary school in Guadalajara for underprivileged |
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| 46 | 46 | | students and a high school that opened in 2008 with 21 freshman |
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| 47 | 47 | | students; and |
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| 48 | 48 | | WHEREAS, While the game of golf has earned Lorena fame, it |
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| 49 | 49 | | is her muy simptico personality that has earned her the |
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| 50 | 50 | | admiration and respect of the public, her legions of fans, and |
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| 51 | 51 | | her colleagues on the golf course; now, therefore, be it |
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| 52 | 52 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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| 53 | 53 | | Legislature, hereby commend Lorena Ochoa for her many |
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| 54 | 54 | | accomplishments as a golfer and for her altruistic endeavors and |
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| 55 | 55 | | extend to her best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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| 56 | 56 | | further |
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| 57 | 57 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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| 58 | 58 | | Lorena Ochoa as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. |
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| 59 | 59 | | Lucio |
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| 60 | 60 | | ________________________________ |
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| 61 | 61 | | President of the Senate |
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| 62 | 62 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 63 | 63 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 64 | 64 | | the Senate on May 28, 2009. |
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| 65 | 65 | | ________________________________ |
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| 66 | 66 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 67 | 67 | | ________________________________ |
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| 68 | 68 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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