Carol Mann

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Carol Mann (born February 3, 1941) is an American professional golfer.

Mann was born in Buffalo, New York. After attending the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Mann joined the LPGA Tour in 1961. She won thirty-eight tournaments on the tour, including two major championships, the 1964 Western Open and the 1965 U.S. Women's Open. She topped the money list in 1969 and finished in the top ten nine times between 1965 and 1975. Once won the Vare Trophy for best scoring average. She was 6 feet 3 inches tall during her playing days.

Mann resides in The Woodlands, Texas. She was a close friend of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

1 LPGA Tour wins (38)
2 Books
3 See also
4 External links
5 References

[edit] LPGA Tour wins (38)

1964 (1) Women’s Western Open
1965 (2) Carling Open, U.S. Women's Open
1966 (4) Raleigh Ladies' Invitational, Peach Blossom Invitational, Baton Rouge Ladies Invitational, Waterloo Women's Open Invitational
1967 (3) Tall City Open, Buckeye Savings Invitational, Supertest Ladies' Open
1968 (10) Lady Carling Open, Raleigh Ladies' Invitational, Shreveport Kiwanis Club Invitational, Bluegrass Ladies Invitational, Pabst Ladies' Classic, Buckeye Savings Invitational, Supertest Canadian Open, Willow Park Ladies Invitational, Shirley Englehorn Invitational, Quality Chek'd Classic
1969 (8) Raleigh Ladies' Invitational, Dallas Civitan Open, Danbury Lady Carling Open, Southgate Ladies' Open, Tournament of Champions, Molson's Canadian Open, Mickey Wright Invitational, Corpus Christi Civitan Open
1970 (1) Burdine's Invitational
1972 (2) Orange Blossom Classic, Lady Carling Open
1973 (1) Sears Women's Classic
1974 (2) Naples-Lely Classic, S&H Green Stamp Classic
1975 (4) Lawson's LPGA Classic, Borden Classic, George Washington Ladies Classic, Dallas Civitan Open

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

Recently received First Lady Of Golf honor.

[edit] Books

American Association of University Women, (Towson, Maryland, Branch), "Baltimore County Women, 1930-1975", (Baltimore: The Sunpapers, 1976) [The book is a collection of profiles of forty Baltimore County women "who distinguished themselves" in diverse fields (including opera singer Rosa Ponselle and artist Jane Frank), compiled as part of a project celebrating the 1976 United States Bicentennial ] OCLC 7441013

Jolee Edmondson, The woman golfer's catalogue (New York : Stein and Day, 1980) ISBN 081282685X : 9780812826852 9780812826852 081282685X 0812860411 : 9780812860412 9780812860412 0812860411