Bill Text: TX HR190 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Commemorating the 2023 Southwest Airlines Showcase at Cedar Crest golf tournament.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-07 - Reported enrolled [HR190 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR190-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Commemorating the 2023 Southwest Airlines Showcase at Cedar Crest golf tournament.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-07 - Reported enrolled [HR190 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR190-Introduced.html
88S31336 JRI-D | ||
By: Jones of Dallas | H.R. No. 190 |
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WHEREAS, The I AM a Golfer Foundation is hosting the | ||
inaugural Southwest Airlines Showcase at the Cedar Crest Golf | ||
Course from November 13 to 15, 2023; and | ||
WHEREAS, An amateur invitational event, the Showcase at Cedar | ||
Crest features top college-aged golfers from diverse backgrounds; | ||
the field of 21 men and 21 women players are competing for | ||
concurrent championships, and the 54-hole stroke play tournament | ||
will be broadcast live on the Golf Channel; the three days of | ||
competition are preceded by weekend events that include a player | ||
reception, a host of additional community events, and an 18-hole | ||
Sponsor-Am; and | ||
WHEREAS, The tournament serves to highlight the important | ||
work carried out by the I AM a Golfer Foundation; established in | ||
2018, the group is dedicated to supporting community renewal in | ||
Southern Dallas through its efforts to program, preserve, and | ||
promote the historic Cedar Crest Golf Course; since its inception, | ||
the organization has engaged over 650 area youth in instructional | ||
programming at Cedar Crest, created nearly 100 internship positions | ||
for local students, and awarded more than $200,000 in college and | ||
higher education scholarships; the foundation has also | ||
successfully advocated for more than $1 million in course | ||
improvements, and each year it holds the Dallas Amateur | ||
Championship and the Friends of Cedar Crest Golf Classic as well as | ||
other events to bring awareness to the course and community; the | ||
organization benefits from the able leadership of its founder Ira | ||
Molayo, co-founder and chairman Dave Ridley, and executive director | ||
Chuck Walker; and | ||
WHEREAS, By highlighting this historic golf course that is a | ||
Texas Golf Hall of Fame inductee and helping to promote diversity in | ||
the sport, the Southwest Airlines Showcase at Cedar Crest is a | ||
welcome addition to the Lone Star State's outstanding lineup of | ||
sporting events, and it is a pleasure to join in recognizing Cedar | ||
Crest Golf Course on this special occasion; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commemorate the 2023 | ||
Southwest Airlines Showcase at Cedar Crest event and extend to the | ||
organizers, athletes, and attendees sincere best wishes for a | ||
successful showcase; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Cedar Crest Golf Course and the I AM a Golfer | ||
Foundation as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of | ||
Representatives. |