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Whereas the Rochester area in New York State will host two 
of the biggest championships in men’s and women’s pro-
fessional golf during the summer of 2013; 
Whereas Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, 
will host the Wegmans Ladies Professional Golf Associa-
tion (LPGA) Championship June 3–9, 2013; 
Whereas Locust Hill Country Club has played host to the 
LPGA Championship for over 35 years, beginning in 
1977; 
Whereas the LPGA will donate 100 percent of the proceeds 
from the Wegmans LPGA Championship to benefit the 
United Way’s Graduation is the Goal program which aids 
evidence-based programs that show promise in delivering 
on the Graduation is the Goal mission; 
Whereas the LPGA has distributed proceeds from the tour-
nament to over 15 local United Way agencies, including 
the Rochester Hearing and Speech Center, Girl Scouts of 
Western New York, Family Resource Centers of Crest-
wood Children’s Center, Urban League, YMCA, and Boys 
and Girls Club; 
Whereas Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York, will 
host the 95th Professional Golf Association (PGA) 
Championship August 8–11, 2013; 
Whereas Oak Hill Country Club has earned a reputation as 
one of the elite golf courses in New York State, as well 
as around the world, by hosting 10 professional and ama-
teur tournaments since 1949, the only course to hold 
such a distinction; 
Whereas the PGA is supporting local charities and helping 
community organizations in conjunction with Oak Hill 
and its partners during the PGA Championship, includ-
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ing supporting more than 80 charities, conducting a 
youth clinic, founding Reach for the Green, and commit-
ting $75,000 to enable Rochester City School District 
children to attend college; 
Whereas the PGA and its partners have created the H.O.P.E. 
(Helping Our Patriots Everywhere) program, a 5-week 
program designed to introduce veterans with disabilities 
to the game of golf to enhance their mental, social, phys-
ical, and emotional well-being; and 
Whereas LPGA and PGA tournaments bolster local econo-
mies as well as promote the game of golf, which will con-
tribute more than $1 billion dollars to the overall New 
York State economy, support over 50,000 jobs across the 
many areas of the golf industry, including over 1,100 
golf-related businesses in the State, and generates mil-
lions of dollars in hospitality and tourism from non-local 
spectators visiting the greater Rochester area: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals of Golf Day in America; 
(2) congratulates the communities of Pittsford 
and Rochester, New York, which are hosting the La-
dies Professional Golf Association and the Profes-
sional Golf Association Championships in 2013; and 
(3) recognizes the Ladies Professional Golf As-
sociation, the Professional Golf Association, and the 
communities of Pittsford and Rochester for their 
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dedication to the region and their support of the 
local economy. 
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