| 1 | House Resolution |
| 2 | A resolution honoring Jack Nicklaus. |
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Jack Nicklaus, as a 10-year-old, carded 51 in the |
| 5 | first nine holes he ever played, winning the Scioto Club |
| 6 | Juvenile Trophy to start an amateur record that would include |
| 7 | numerous Ohio state championships; the U.S. National Jaycees |
| 8 | Championship, his first national title, when he was 17; a year |
| 9 | later, the Trans-Mississippi Championship; and at 19 and again |
| 10 | at 21, in his last year as an amateur, the U.S. Amateur |
| 11 | Championship, and |
| 12 | WHEREAS, born January 21, 1940, in Columbus, Ohio, Jack |
| 13 | Nicklaus in 1962 launched his 41-year professional career, |
| 14 | during which he would amass a total of 113 victories around the |
| 15 | world; rank number 1 in lowest-scoring average eight times; win |
| 16 | top money eight times, for official tour earnings of $5,723,192; |
| 17 | claim the most major championship titles, comprised of 18 PGA |
| 18 | tour, 8 Senior tour, and 2 Amateur titles; and shoot 20 holes in |
| 19 | one, and |
| 20 | WHEREAS, Jack Nicklaus was awarded nine Greatest |
| 21 | Golfer/Athlete awards and two Golfer of the Century awards and |
| 22 | was named PGA Player of the Year five times, Athlete of the |
| 23 | Decade for the 1970's, and Golf Course Architect of the Year in |
| 24 | 1993, and |
| 25 | WHEREAS, Jack Nicklaus distinguished himself in numerous |
| 26 | other golf competitions, including the British and Australian |
| 27 | Opens, the World Series of Golf, the World Cup Invitational, and |
| 28 | the Piccadilly World Cup Match Play and as a member of six |
| 29 | United States Ryder Cup teams that played Britain for five wins |
| 30 | and one tie, and |
| 31 | WHEREAS, known for their involvement in charitable causes, |
| 32 | Palm Beach County residents Jack and Barbara Nicklaus, with |
| 33 | their family, founded the Nicklaus Children's Health Care |
| 34 | Foundation, which, in addition to its support of various |
| 35 | activities related to childhood diseases and disorders, also |
| 36 | funds the Nicklaus Children's Hospital at St. Mary's Medical |
| 37 | Center, NOW, THEREFORE, |
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| 39 | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of |
| 40 | Florida: |
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| 42 | That the House of Representatives pauses in its |
| 43 | deliberations to honor Jack Nicklaus, one of golf's truly great |
| 44 | champions. |
| 45 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be |
| 46 | presented to Jack Nicklaus as a tangible token of the sentiments |
| 47 | expressed herein. |