Mann, Carol (1941–)
Mann, Carol (1941–)
American golfer. Born Carol Ann Mann, Feb 3, 1941, in Buffalo, NY.
Won the Vare Trophy (1968) with an average score of 72.04, a record which remained for a decade; won the Western Junior championship (1958) and the Women's Western (1964); won USGA Open (1965); won 10 tournaments (1968) and 8 tournaments (1969); won Lawson's Open, Border Classic, George Washington Classic, and Dallas Civitan (1975); carded 200 strokes for 54 holes in LPGA competition at Canongate Country Club in Palmetto, GA (1978), to win the Lady Carling.
See also Women in World History.
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