Carol Mann

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.

When asked about LPGA's controversial english-only rule in August of 2008, Mann stated: "I have friends who will turn the TV off or find other things to watch if Koreans are in the lead (in an LPGA tournament). A couple of weeks ago, there were seven or eight of them."

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.

Books

* American Association of University Women, (Towson, Maryland, Branch), [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/oclc/7441013 "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, [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/5800306?tab=details "The woman golfer's catalogue"] (New York : Stein and Day, 1980) ISBN 081282685X : 9780812826852 9780812826852 081282685X 0812860411 : 9780812860412 9780812860412 0812860411

See also

* Golfers with most LPGA Tour wins

External links

* [http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=16 Profile on the LPGA's official site]
* [http://golf.about.com/od/golferswomen/p/carol_mann.htm Carol Mann bio]
* [http://www.wgv.com/hof/member.php?member=1080 Profile on the World Golf Hall of Fame web site]
* [http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/8502178/Koreans-condemn-LPGA%27s-English-only-rule Golfweek article]

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