[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 89 (Monday, June 17, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6418]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        CONGRATULATING SUCCESS OF 51ST WOMEN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

  (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, June 2, the 51st U.S. Women's 
Open Championship was concluded at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Course 
in Southern Pines, NC. Annika Sorenstam repeated as champion with a 
record score of 272, 8 under par, on a golf course considered to be one 
of the toughest ever on which a U.S. Golf Association event was held. 
An outstanding job was done by Peggy Kirk Bell, her family, and Pine 
Needles, and we are justly proud of them.
  Mr. Speaker, not only was the 51st Women's Open the most successful 
in history, but the event raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for 
the research and detection of breast cancer. I would like to 
congratulate Peggy Kirk Bell and her family, the U.S. Golf Association, 
and all those in the 2d District of North Carolina who watched or 
contributed to the success of the 51st Women's Open. I hope to see the 
same level of support when Pine Needles hosts the 56th U.S. Women's 
Open in the year 2001.

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