THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, JUNE 30, 2009

INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 30, 2009  

A RESOLUTION

Extending a warm welcome to the United States Women's Open golf

tournament to be hosted by the Saucon Valley Country Club in

Bethlehem on July 6 through 12, 2009.

WHEREAS, The Saucon Valley Country Club was founded in 1920

and is one of the largest private country clubs in North

America, comprising three 18-hole golf courses and a six-hole

short course on its 800 acres in the Lehigh Valley; and

WHEREAS, As it has five times previously, Saucon Valley

Country Club will host a United States Golf Association event on

July 6 through 12, 2009, when it hosts the United States Women's

Open golf tournament; and

WHEREAS, Hosting a U.S. Women's Open involves approximately

2,500 volunteers, along with the cooperation of numerous State

and municipal officials and law enforcement agencies; and

WHEREAS, The event will have an estimated $25 million impact

on the local economy and will draw national television coverage;

and

WHEREAS, International exposure from the event is likely as

well, and nine of the last 14 tournament winners have been

foreign-born players; and

WHEREAS, An interesting and important component of this event

is Adopt-a-Player, a program designed to encourage third and

fourth grade school children in Eastern Pennsylvania to develop

an electronic "pen pal" relationship with a competitor in the

Open and thereby enhance their academic skills and knowledge;

and

WHEREAS, This Commonwealth is honored to have an event of

this magnitude being hosted within its borders; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate extend its warm welcome and

hospitality to the United States Women's Open golf tournament to

be hosted by the Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem on July

6 through 12, 2009.