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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 266

Commending the Clemson University Tigers men’s golf team for winning 

the 2003 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men’s Golf 

Championship. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 10, 2003

Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. 

DEMINT, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, and Mr. WILSON of South 

Carolina) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

RESOLUTION

Commending the Clemson University Tigers men’s golf team 

for winning the 2003 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men’s Golf Championship.

Whereas on Friday, May 30, 2003, the Clemson University 

Tigers men’s golf team won the 2003 NCAA Division I 

Men’s Golf Championship, the first National Championship for the Clemson men’s golf team; 

Whereas the Tigers finished the Championship with a fourround total of 1191 strokes, for 39 shots over par, beating the second place Oklahoma State University Cowboys 

by two strokes; 
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Whereas the Tigers won the National Championship on the 

home course of Oklahoma State University, one of the 

most decorated golf schools in the Nation; 

Whereas the Clemson golf team was the first in NCAA history to win its conference championship, a NCAA regional title, and the National Championship in the same 

year; 

Whereas the Tigers started the year and ended the year as 

the number one ranked team in the Nation; 

Whereas the Tigers finished the season with a 128–8–3 

record against opponents ranked in the top 25 teams in 

the country, which amounts to an incredible winning percentage of 93 percent, by far the best in the Nation and 

the best in Clemson history; 

Whereas all of the Tigers players who participated in the 

NCAA Championship are native-born South Carolinians; 

Whereas players D.J. Trahan, Jack Ferguson, and Matt 

Hendrix were honored as All-Americans for the 2002–03 

season; 

Whereas Head Coach Larry Penley won the Golf Coaches Association of America’s Dave Williams Award as the National Coach of the Year; 

Whereas the Clemson University men’s golf team has displayed outstanding dedication, teamwork, and sportsmanship throughout the season in achieving collegiate golf’s 

highest honor; and 

Whereas the Tigers have brought pride and honor to the 

State of South Carolina: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
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1 (1) commends the Clemson University Tigers 

2 for winning the 2003 National Collegiate Athletic 

3 Association Division I Men’s Golf Championship; 

4 (2) recognizes the achievements of all the 

5 team’s players, coaches, and staff and invites them 

6 to the United States Capitol Building to be honored 

7 in an appropriate manner; 

8 (3) requests that the President recognize the 

9 team’s accomplishments and invite the team to the 

10 White House for a ceremony in honor of their Na11 tional Championship; and 

12 (4) directs the Clerk of the House of Represent13 atives to make available enrolled copies of this reso14 lution to Clemson University for appropriate display 

15 and to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution 

16 to each coach and member of the 2003 NCAA Divi17 sion I Men’s Golf Championship team from Clemson 

18 University.

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