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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to recognize the outstanding life |
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| accomplishments of Centralia native and Ladies Professional |
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| Golf Association (LPGA) player Nancy Scranton; and
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| WHEREAS, Nancy Scranton graduated from Centralia High |
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| School in 1979 where she was a member of the Orphan Annies golf |
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| team; she collected most of her amateur victories in Illinois |
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| where she won the 1983 Illinois Women's State Championship, the |
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| 1979, 1982, and 1983 Southern Illinois Championship and the |
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| 1981 and 1982 St. Louis Metro Championship; and
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| WHEREAS, Splitting her collegiate career between Florida |
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| State and the University of Kentucky, she registered three |
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| top-five finishes, including victories at the 1984 Western |
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| Kentucky Invitational and the 1984 Southern Illinois |
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| University Invitational; she was also named All-Southeastern |
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| Conference in 1983; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1991, she became a Rolex First-Time Winner at |
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| the du Maurier Ltd. Classic, where she barely made the cut |
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| before tieing her career-low score of 64 in the third round to |
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| move into contention; she also captured the Los Coyotes LPGA |
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| Classic in 1992 when she shot 65 in the final round to make up a |
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| seven-shot deficit; and
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| WHEREAS, Her golf career highlights include winning the |
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| Subaru Memorial of Naples title in 2000 after a two-hole, |
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| sudden death playoff with Maria Hjorth; and for the second year |
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| in a row, she tied for third at the McDonald's LPGA; and
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| WHEREAS, She recorded the second hole-in-one of her career |
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| during the first round of the Asahi Ryokuken International |
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| Championship at Mount in 2003; also in 2003, she was co-winner |