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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Todd Hamilton recently won the 133rd British Open |
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| Championship and claimed the claret jug in a four-hole |
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| aggregate playoff by defeating Ernie Els; and
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| WHEREAS, Todd Hamilton grew up in Oquawka, where he learned |
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| to golf on a nine-hole course, Hend-Co Hills, and in 1981 and |
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| 1982 won the Illinois Class A High School Golf Championship for |
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| Union High School; and
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| WHEREAS, Todd Hamilton went on to play college golf at the |
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| University of Oklahoma, where he was a first-team All-American |
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| in 1987; and
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| WHEREAS, Todd Hamilton married his Union High School |
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| sweetheart, Jaque, and they have three children, Tyler (6), |
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| Kaylee (4), and Drake (1); and
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| WHEREAS, After eight trips through the PGA Tour's |
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| Qualifying Tournament, five years on the Asian Tour, and 12 |
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| years on the Japan Tour, Todd Hamilton finally made it to the |
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| PGA tour; and
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| WHEREAS, Todd Hamilton became a "rookie" on the PGA Tour |
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| this year at the age of 38, then won the Honda Classic in |
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| March; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| recognize Todd Hamilton and his great accomplishment of winning |
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| the British Open, and we wish him well on the PGA Tour and |
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| future accomplishments; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Todd Hamilton as a token of our admiration.
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