Carol Mann (February 3, 1941 – May 20, 2018) was an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1961 and won two major championships and 38 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.

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Carol Mann
Personal information
Born	(1941-02-03)February 3, 1941 Buffalo, New York
Died	May 20, 2018(2018-05-20) (aged 77) The Woodlands, Texas
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	The Woodlands, Texas
Career
College	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Turned professional	1960
Former tour(s)	LPGA Tour (1961-1981)
Professional wins	38
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	38
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 2)
Western Open	Won: 1964
Titleholders C'ship	T5: 1965
Women's PGA C'ship	T2: 1969
U.S. Women's Open	Won: 1965
du Maurier Classic	T26: 1979
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame 1977 (member page) LPGA Vare Trophy 1968 LPGA Tour Money Winner 1969 Babe Zaharias Award 1976 PGA First Lady of Golf Award[1] 2008

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Mann was born in Buffalo, New York, and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and Chicago, Illinois. 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 University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Mann turned pro in 1960 and joined the LPGA Tour in 1961. She won her first tournament in 1964 at the Women's Western Open, 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 LPGA Vare Trophy 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 Kathy Whitworth), 1969 with eight, and 1975 with four (tied with Sandra Haynie). She was the LPGA's president from 1973 to 1976. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame 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 PGA of America in 2008.^[1]

Mann died at her home in The Woodlands, Texas, on May 20, 2018, at the age of 77.^[2]

• American Association of University Women, (Towson, Maryland, Branch), "Baltimore County Women, 1930-1975" Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, (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 0-8128-2685-X

• List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins