LPGA legend Mann dies at 77

[May 23, 2018]    World Golf Hall of Famer Carol Mann has died, the LPGA Tour announced. She was 77.

Mann reportedly died Sunday at her home in The Woodlands, Texas.

Mann also is a member of the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame. She won 38 tournaments, including the 1965 U.S. Women's Open.

"It is always difficult to lose a member of your family," LPGA commissioner Mike Whan said in a statement posted on Twitter. "Carol Mann was a tremendous competitor, but an even more amazing person. She was special in every way and she certainly left the game and the LPGA better than she found it. Our thoughts are with her family and friends."

Mann won 10 tournaments in 1968.

She also served as LPGA president from 1973-76. Mann was a television analyst for men's and women's golf broadcasts after ending her playing career.

--Field Level Media

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