[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 11211-11212]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              RECOGNIZING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF RACHEL HECK

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                            HON. STEVE COHEN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 19, 2017

  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Rachel Heck who 
made Memphis proud over the weekend at the U.S. Women's Golf Open. At 
15 years of age, Rachel was the youngest player in the 2017 U.S. 
Women's Open field.
  Rachel Heck is a sophomore at St. Agnes Academy with a stellar 4.7 
GPA and has already committed to attend Stanford University. She was 
selected to be the USA Today high school golfer of the year and The 
Commercial Appeal's High School Golfer of the Year. Rachel qualified 
for the U.S. Women's Open on her first attempt, taking one of two spots 
in the Braselton, Ga., sectional qualifier.
  Last September, Rachel won the TSSAA Division II-AA girls state 
title. In June, she won the 2017 Rolex Girls Junior Championship. She's 
No. 3 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Junior Rankings and is ranked second by 
the American Junior Golf Association.

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  Rachel Heck finished her first appearance at the U.S. Women's Open at 
2-over-290. Overall, Rachel posted rounds of 72-74-72-72 while battling 
difficult conditions throughout, including heavy rains on Thursday and 
Friday. She finished 33rd in a six-way tie and placed 3rd amongst 
amateurs.
  Rachel Heck is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Memphis 
golfers ever. Dr. Carey Middlecoff (born in Hall, TN) won the U.S. Open 
Championship in 1949 and the Masters Tournament in 1955 and Shaun 
Micheel (born in Orlando, FL) won the PGA Championship in 2003, but 
Rachel is a native, born and raised in Memphis.
  I joined thousands of Memphians watching Rachel, who had one of the 
best human interest stories of the tournament. I wish her the best as 
she continues her golf career at St. Agnes and at Stanford University.

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