MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2021 By
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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2021 By: Senator(s) McCaughn, Barnett, Barrett, To: Rules DeBar, McLendon, Suber, Thompson, Williams, Jackson (32nd), Simmons (12th), Simmons (13th), Sparks SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1 1 A RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE RECOGNITION AND CONGRATULATIONS OF 2 THE MISSISSIPPI SENATE TO ANDY OGLETREE OF LITTLE ROCK, 3 MISSISSIPPI, THE FIRST MISSISSIPPIAN TO WIN THE U.S. AMATEUR GOLF 4 CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE LOW AMATEUR TITLE AT THE MASTERS GOLF 5 TOURNAMENT. 6 WHEREAS, Andy Ogletree was born in Little Rock, Mississippi, 7 on April 3, 1998. Ogletree attended Union High School in Union, 8 Mississippi, where he led his team to the Mississippi State 9 Championship in 2016; and 10 WHEREAS, Ogletree began attending Georgia Tech in 2016 and 11 graduated in May 2020. While attending Georgia Tech, Ogletree was 12 a two-time All-American and reached No. 4 in the World Amateur 13 Golf Ranking. Ogletree won the U.S. Amateur Championship and the 14 Monroe Invitational in 2019. The U.S. Amateur Championship is the 15 leading annual golf tournament in the United States for amateur 16 golfers, with previous winners of the tournament, including Jack 17 Nicklaus and Tiger Woods; and 18 WHEREAS, Ogletree played on the victorious 2019 U.S. Walker 19 Cup Team at Royal Liverpool. As a result of his Amateur S. R. No. 1 *SS36/R206* ~ OFFICIAL ~ N1/2 21/SS36/R206 PAGE 1 (scm\tb) 20 Championship, Ogletree received an invitation to the 2020 U.S. 21 Open Tournament, U.S. Open Championship and the Masters 22 Tournament; and 23 WHEREAS, Ogletree finished as the Low Amateur at the Masters 24 Tournament following his posting of an even-par 72 on the last day 25 of the tournament. As the Low Amateur of the Masters, Ogletree 26 received the "Silver Cup." There have been six former players to 27 win Low Amateur and subsequently win the Masters as a 28 professional: Cary Middlecoff, Ben Crenshaw, Phil Mickelson, Jack 29 Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia; and 30 WHEREAS, Ogletree finished tied for 34th place, ahead of six 31 former Masters champions, including Tiger Woods. Ogletree is the 32 first Mississippian to win the U.S. Amateur Championship and the 33 Low Amateur Title at the Masters. Andy announced that he was 34 turning professional on November 19, 2020; and 35 WHEREAS, it is with great pride that we recognize a 36 Mississippi athlete who has brought honor to his school, his 37 community and to the State of Mississippi: 38 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF 39 MISSISSIPPI, That we do hereby extend the recognition and 40 congratulations of the Mississippi Senate to Andy Ogletree of 41 Little Rock, Mississippi, the first Mississippian to win the U.S. 42 Amateur Golf Championship and the Low Amateur Title at the Masters 43 Golf Tournament, and extend our best wishes to Andy for future 44 success. S. R. No. 1 *SS36/R206* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 21/SS36/R206 PAGE 2 (scm\tb) 45 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be presented to 46 Andy Ogletree and his family, and made available to the Capitol 47 Press Corps. S. R. No. 1 *SS36/R206* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 21/SS36/R206 ST: Commend Andy Ogletree for finishing his PAGE 3 (scm\tb) first Masters as Low Amateur. .