TITLE: Commemorating the 2023 Southwest Airlines Showcase at Cedar Crest golf tournament.

SUMMARY: Commemorating the 2023 Southwest Airlines Showcase at Cedar Crest golf tournament.

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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. Jones of Dallas Phelan Guerra Murr Allen Guillen Neave Criado Allison Harless Noble Anch a Harris of Anderson Oliverson Anderson Harris of Williamson Ordaz Ashby Harrison Orr Bailes Hayes Ortega Bell of Kaufman Hefner Patterson Bell of Montgomery Hernandez Paul Bernal Herrero Perez Bhojani Hinojosa Plesa Bonnen Holland Price Bowers Howard Ramos Bryant Hull Raney Buckley Hunter Raymond Bucy Isaac Reynolds Bumgarner Jetton Rogers Burns Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr. Burrows A. Johnson of Harris Rose Button J. Johnson of Harris Rosenthal Cain Jones of Dallas Schaefer Campos Jones of Harris Schatzline Canales Kacal Schofield Capriglione King of Hemphill Shaheen Clardy King of Uvalde Sherman, Sr. Cole Kitzman Shine Collier Klick Slawson Cook Kuempel Smith Cortez Lalani Smithee Craddick Lambert Spiller Cunningham Landgraf Stucky Darby Leach Swanson Davis Leo-Wilson Talarico Dean Longoria Tepper DeAyala Lopez of Bexar Thierry Dorazio Lopez of Cameron Thimesch Dutton Lozano Thompson of Brazoria Flores Lujan Thompson of Harris Frank Manuel Tinderholt Frazier Martinez Toth G mez Martinez Fischer Troxclair Garcia Metcalf Turner Gates Meyer VanDeaver Gerdes Meza Vasut Geren Moody Vo Gervin-Hawkins Morales of Harris Walle Goldman Morales of Maverick Wilson Gonz lez of Dallas Morales Shaw Wu Gonz lez of El Paso Morrison Zwiener Goodwin Mu oz, Jr. Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 190 was adopted by the House on November 7, 2023, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House