H.R. No. 3060
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Robin Burke has been selected to serve as captain of
the 2016 United States Curtis Cup team; and
WHEREAS, Established in 1932 and held every two years, the
Curtis Cup is an international team competition featuring talented
amateur women golfers from the United States and Great Britain and
Ireland; Ms. Burke will guide eight of the country's top amateur
players at the 2016 contest held at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club in
Dublin, where the U.S. team will take on its European counterparts
for the right to take home the Curtis Cup trophy; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Burke has enjoyed a successful career as an
amateur golfer, having competed in three U.S. Women's Opens and
dozens of other United States Golf Association tournaments; she
finished as runner-up at the 1997 U.S. Women's Amateur, and she has
reached the semifinals of the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur on three
separate occasions; moreover, she has claimed numerous tournament
championships at the Southern Women's Amateur, Texas Women's
Amateur, and Greater Houston Women's City Amateur; a vital member
of the Team USA 1998 Curtis Cup-winning squad, she joins an elite
list of former players who have also served as captain; and
WHEREAS, Highly respected within the golfing community,
Ms. Burke is the wife of two-time major champion and World Golf Hall
of Famer Jack Burke Jr.; moreover, she serves as vice president of
Champions Golf Club, which she owns with her husband in Houston; and
WHEREAS, Robin Burke is an accomplished amateur golfer who
has contributed greatly to the rich golfing tradition of the Lone
Star State, and she is indeed deserving of this prestigious new
role; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Robin Burke on being named captain
of the 2016 USA Curtis Cup team and extend to her sincere best
wishes for continued success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Burke as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Harless
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 3060 was adopted by the House on May
29, 2015, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House