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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, In an impressive display of skill and determination, |
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| 6 | 7 | | Texas native Jordan Spieth captured the 79th Masters Tournament |
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| 7 | 8 | | championship on April 12, 2015; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Competing against the game's best at Augusta |
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| 9 | 10 | | National Golf Club in Georgia, Mr. Spieth put on a dazzling |
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| 10 | 11 | | performance throughout the event, beginning with the opening round, |
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| 11 | 12 | | when he posted an 8-under 64 to take a three-shot lead on the field; |
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| 12 | 13 | | during the second round, he made six birdies with no bogies to |
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| 13 | 14 | | bolster his lead, and his two-day score of 14-under par set a new |
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| 14 | 15 | | 36-hole scoring mark for the Masters; and |
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| 15 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Spieth continued his pace-setting week by |
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| 16 | 17 | | shooting a 2-under 70 in both of the final rounds, ultimately |
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| 17 | 18 | | carding a total score of 18-under 270 to match the tournament record |
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| 18 | 19 | | set by Tiger Woods in 1997; en route to becoming the second-youngest |
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| 19 | 20 | | player to earn the coveted green jacket, he was the first Masters |
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| 20 | 21 | | contestant to lead the entire event since Raymond Floyd |
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| 21 | 22 | | accomplished that feat in 1976; and |
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| 22 | 23 | | WHEREAS, The Masters victory marks the first major |
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| 23 | 24 | | championship for Mr. Spieth and the latest in a string of notable |
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| 24 | 25 | | achievements; he began playing golf at the age of nine at Brookhaven |
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| 25 | 26 | | Country Club in Dallas, and his budding talent was later nurtured by |
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| 26 | 27 | | golf coach Cameron McCormick; he established himself as a prodigy |
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| 27 | 28 | | by winning the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship in 2009 and 2011, |
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| 28 | 29 | | joining Tiger Woods as the only golfers to win the event twice; and |
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| 29 | 30 | | WHEREAS, This accomplished athlete went on to attend The |
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| 30 | 31 | | University of Texas at Austin, where he led the Longhorns to the |
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| 31 | 32 | | NCAA Championship as a freshman and received Big 12 Player of the |
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| 32 | 33 | | Year and All-American first team honors; at 19 years of age, he |
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| 33 | 34 | | turned professional and became the PGA Tour's youngest winner since |
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| 34 | 35 | | 1931 with his triumph at the 2013 John Deere Classic; he later |
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| 35 | 36 | | placed second at the Wyndham and Tour Championships and capped off |
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| 36 | 37 | | his first season by being named the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year and |
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| 37 | 38 | | being selected for the Presidents Cup team; he furthered his |
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| 38 | 39 | | success in 2014 by notching runner-up finishes at the Hyundai |
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| 39 | 40 | | Tournament of Champions and his inaugural Masters Tournament, and |
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| 40 | 41 | | he later won his second PGA Tour event at the 2015 Valspar |
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| 41 | 42 | | Championship; and |
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| 42 | 43 | | WHEREAS, By delivering one of the finest performances in the |
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| 43 | 44 | | history of the Masters Tournament, Jordan Spieth has proven himself |
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| 44 | 45 | | as one of the sport's premier competitors, and he is indeed |
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| 45 | 46 | | deserving of recognition for his outstanding accomplishment; now, |
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| 46 | 47 | | therefore, be it |
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| 47 | 48 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 48 | 49 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Jordan Spieth on winning the 2015 |
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| 49 | 50 | | Masters Tournament and extend to him sincere best wishes for |
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| 50 | 51 | | continued success; and, be it further |
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| 51 | 52 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 52 | 53 | | prepared for Mr. Spieth as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 53 | 54 | | House of Representatives. |
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