Carol Mann (February 3, 1941 – May 20, 2018) was an American

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. She became a member of the

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in 1961 and won two major championships and 38 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the

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Amateur career

Mann was born in

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, and grew up in

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, and

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. She started playing golf at the age of 9. She won the Western Junior and the Chicago Junior in 1958, and the Chicago Women's Amateur in 1960. She attended the

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Professional career

Mann turned pro in 1960 and joined the

in 1961. She won her first tournament in 1964 at the

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, a major championship at the time. She would go on to win a total of 38 events on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships. She earned the

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in 1968 for lowest scoring average and was the tour's leading money winner in 1969. She led the tour in wins three times, 1968 with ten (tied with

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), 1969 with eight, and 1975 with four (tied with

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). She was the LPGA's president from 1973 to 1976. She was inducted into the

in 1977. Her final competitive appearance came in 1981. Mann was a long-time student of golf instructor Manuel de la Torre. She received the "First Lady of Golf Award" from the

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in 2008.PG
Mann selected as recipient of 2008 PGA First Lady of Golf Award
Accessed September 9, 2012. Mann died at her home in

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, on May 20, 2018, at the age of 77.

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (38)

LPGA Tour playoff record (3–2)

Major championships

Wins (2)

Books

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, (

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, Branch)
"Baltimore County Women, 1930-1975"
, (

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: The Sunpapers, 1976) he 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)

References

External links

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Golfweek article
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