A resolution commending and congratulating the United States Team for winning the 2024 Solheim Cup.

Bill: 118-sres-906
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2024-11-21
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Congressional tributes

Professional sports
Latest action: action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6697; text: CR S6690-6691)

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-11-21
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p>This resolution congratulates the U.S. team for its victory at the 2024&nbsp;Solheim Cup.</p>

tv_txt: III 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 906 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 21 (legislative day, November 20), 2024 Mr. Boozman submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Commending and congratulating the United States Team for winning the 2024 Solheim Cup.

Whereas the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) was founded in 1950, with a mission to change the face of golf by providing a platform for women to play professional golf; Whereas the Solheim Cup is a biennial, transatlantic team match-play competition, featuring the 12 leading United States players from the LPGA and the top 12 European players from the Ladies European Tour (LET); Whereas the LPGA members competed for the Solheim Cup from September 13 to September 15, 2024, at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia; Whereas United States Team reclaimed the Solheim Cup by defeating Team Europe with a score of 15.5 to 12.5; Whereas the United States leads Europe in winning the Solheim Cup, having won 11 out of 19 competitions; Whereas Stacy Lewis led the 2024 United States Solheim Cup Team as the captain, using her expertise in the sport of golf and in competing for the Solheim Cup, as she— (1) became the youngest captain in the history of the United States Solheim Cup Team in the 2023 competition; (2) served as an assistant captain in 2021; and (3) has played in the Solheim Cup 4 times (in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017); and Whereas the United States Solheim Cup Team and the LPGA should all be congratulated and celebrated for their triumph and commitment to the game of golf, highlighting women in sports, and their contributions to the United States: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) congratulates the United States Team for its victory at the 2024 Solheim Cup; (2) recognizes the achievements, excellence, dedication, and teamwork of the members of the United States Solheim Cup Team; (3) commends the LPGA and its members for their contributions to the game of golf and their efforts to make golf accessible; and (4) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to— (A) the United States Solheim Cup Team captain, Stacy Lewis; and (B) the Commissioner of the LPGA, Mollie Marcoux Samaan.