Carol Mann
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Carol MannCountry:
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[1941-2018]. Born on Feb 3, 1941 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Died on May 20, 2018 in The Woodlands, nr Houston, Texas (aged 77).Original/Home Club:
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Professional golferTurned Pro:
1960America
Civitan
Played as the Dallas Civitan Open. Second-placed Sandra Palmer (USA) finished 5 shots behind Mann (USA), who recorded the last of her 38 LPGA Tour wins. [Brookhaven CC, Farmers Branch, Dallas, Texas].
Played as Lawson's LPGA Classic. Judy Rankin finished in second place behind Mann.
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Borden
Played as the Borden Classic. Second-placed Jan Ferraris (USA) finished 1 shot behind Mann (USA). [Riviera CC, Dublin, Ohio, which permanently closed in 2015].
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Played as the George Washington Ladies Classic. Second-placed Susie McAllister (USA) finished 4 shots behind Mann (USA). [Hidden Spring GC, Horsham, Pennsylvania; now called Commonwealth Natl GC].
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S&H Stamps
Played as the S&H Green Stamp Classic. Second-placed and defending champion Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 2 shots behind Mann (USA). [Westwood GC, Houston, TX; at the time Westwood CC].
Played as the Naples Lely Classic. Murle Breer finished in second place behind Mann.
Played as the Sears Women's Classic. Joyce Kazmierski finished in second place behind Mann.
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Carling
Played as the Lady Carling Open. Second-placed and defending champion Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 2 shots behind Mann (USA). [Pine Ridge GC, Baltimore, Maryland].
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Played as the Orange Blossom Classic. Second-placed Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 2 shots behind Mann (USA), who recorded her 30th LPGA Tour win. [Sunset G&CC, St Petersburg, Florida; now called Vinoy GC].
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Burdine's
Played as Burdine's Invitational. Mann (USA) beat Sandra Haynie (USA) with a par at the first playoff hole. [West course, CC of Miami, Miami, FL].
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Played as the first (and only) Tournament of Champions (Aug 21-24; unrelated to the LPGA Tour's Tournament of Champions events that followed in later years, e.g. 1994-2007). Carol Mann (USA) beat Jan Ferraris (USA) with a par at the first playoff hole. [Glendale G&CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada].
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Played as the Raleigh Ladies Invitational. Second-placed Gloria Ehret (USA) finished 1 shot behind defending champion Mann (USA). [Raleigh CC, Raleigh, North Carolina].
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Civitan
Played as the Corpus Christi Civitan Open (for the last time until 1972). Mann (USA) beat Kathy Whitworth (USA) with a par at the third playoff hole. [Pharaoh CC, Corpus Christi, Texas; now permanently closed].
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Civitan
Played as the Dallas Civitan Open. Second-placed Donna Caponi (USA) finished 2 shots behind Mann (USA). [Glen Lakes CC, Dallas, TX; club/course no longer exists].
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Carling
Played as the Danbury Lady Carling Open (formerly Gina Paoli Open). Second-placed Sharon Miller (USA) and defending champion Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 2 shots behind Mann (USA). [Ridgewood CC, Danbury, Connecticut].
Played as the Mickey Wright Invitational. Kathy Whitworth finished in second place behind Mann.
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Molson
Played as Molson's Canadian Open. Second-placed Kathy Whitworth (USA) and Sandra Post (Can) finished 3-shots behind Mann (USA). This was Mann's third straight LPGA tour win in as many starts. [Shaughnessy G&CC, Vancouver, BC].
Played as the Southgate Ladies Open. Jan Ferraris finished in second place behind Mann.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Mann (USA) won the LPGA Tour 1969 Money List, with earnings of $49,152 on the Tour. Kathy Whitworth (USA) was second on the money list.
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Carling
Played as the Lady Carling Open. Second-placed Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 10 shots behind Mann (USA). [Canongate CC, Sharpsburg, Georgia; now called Canongate 1 GC].
Played as the Bluegrass Ladies Invitational. Sandra Haynie finished in second place behind Mann.
Played as the Willow Park ladies Invitational. Pam Barnett, Kathy Whitworth, Shirley Englehorn and Beth Stone finished in second place behind Mann.
Mann (USA) won the Vare Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour.
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Quality Chekd
Played as the Quality Chekd Classic. Second-placed Judy Rankin (USA) finished 2 shots behind Mann (USA). [Lake Waco CC, Waco, Texas].
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Played as the Raleigh Ladies Invitational. Second-placed and defending champion Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 3 shots behind Mann (USA). [Raleigh CC, Raleigh, North Carolina].
Played as the Shirley Englehorn Invitational. Gloria Ehret finished in second place behind Mann.
Played as the Shreveport Kiwanis Invitational. Mickey Wright finished in second place behind Mann. This was Mann's third straight win in as many starts.
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Supertest
Played as the Supertest Canadian Open. Second-placed Judy Kimball (USA) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Mann (USA), who recorded her third straight LPGA Tour win in as many weeks. [Bayview G&CC, Thornhill, nr Toronto, Ontario].
Played as the Buckeye Savings Invitational. Marilynn Smith finished in second place behind Mann.
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Pabst
Played as the Pabst Ladies Classic. Second-placed and defending champion Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 3 shots behind Mann (USA). [Raymond Memorial GC, Columbus, Ohio].
Played as the Tall City Open. Mickey Wright finished in second place behind Mann.
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Supertest
Played as the Supertest Ladies Open. Second-placed Margie Masters (Aus) finished 2 shots behind Mann (USA), who recorded her 10th LPGA Tour win. [Sunningdale GC, London, Ontario].
Played as the Buckeye Savings Invitational. Clifford Ann Creed finished in second place behind Mann.
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Played as the inaugural Raleigh Ladies Invitational. Second-placed Jo Ann Prentice (USA) and Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 1 shot behind Mann (USA). [Raleigh CC, Raleigh, North Carolina].
Played as the Baton Rouge Ladies Invitational. Kathy Whitworth finished in second place behind Mann.
Played as the Waterloo Women's Open Invitational. Kathy Whitworth finished in second place behind Mann.
Played as the Peach Blossom Invitational. Marlene Hagge finished in second place behind Mann.
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Carling
Played as the Lady Carling Open. Second-placed Marlene Hagge (USA) finished 3 shots behind Mann (USA), who recorded her second LPGA Tour win (a week later she would win the US Women's Open). [Turf Valley CC, Ellicott City, Maryland].
Majors
USGA
The US Women's Open (20th) (July 1-4). Second-placed Kathy Cornelius (USA) finished 2 shots behind 24-year-old Mann (USA), who recorded her second major championship win. [Atlantic City CC, Northfield, NJ].
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The Women's Western Open (35th). Second-placed Ruth Jessen (USA) and Judy Kimball (USA) finished 2 shots behind Mann (USA). [Scenic Hills CC, Pensacola, FL].
Tournaments:
PGA Championship: the year’s second men’s major championship is hosted by Southern Hills CC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, amidst doubt as to whether reigning champion Phil Mickelson will defend his title (May 19-22).
Soudal Open: Belgium’s return to European Tour golf sees 36-hole Rinkven International GC host the Soudal Open, the country’s national open championship (May 12-15).
Who's Who:
Scottie Scheffler: bags the 2022 Masters Tournament title, and with it a fourth win in six starts on the PGA Tour and his first major championship victory.
Stephen Dodd: took the European Senior Tour’s 2021 Order of Merit honours following the abandonment due to rain of the season’s final event, the MCB Tour Championship – Mauritius (April 1-3, 2022).
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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