Guest Celebrities

Carol Mann

Carol Mann, World Golf Hall of Fame member and past national president of the LPGA, is a Houston-based golf professional associated with The Woodlands Country Club. Golf Digest recently named her one of the top teachers in Texas. In 2007, Golf for Women magazine included Carol in its prestigious, “Top 50 Teachers” list. Carol won 38 tournaments including two major titles, the 1964 Western Open and the 1965 US Open at the Atlantic City Country Club,  finished second in more than 30 tournaments and placed in the top five for 18 straight weeks.

The striking, 6-feet-3 Hall of Famer was under contract to NBC television for seven years as a broadcast analyst of the PGA, Champions, and the LPGA Tours, and also worked for ABC, ESPN and a host of syndicated golf productions. As an honorary member of the LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals and a member of the PGA of America, Carol received numerous awards for her contributions to women’s golf, women’s sports, education and career development. She was elected to membership in the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Athletic Hall of Fame, and selected as one of the “100 Heroes of American Golf” in 1988. Under her tenure as Honorary Chair of the Rice Golf Classic since 1993, more than $500,000 has been raised for women’s athletics at Rice University.

In 2008, the awards continued. Carol was honored as the PGA 2008 First Lady of Golf followed by the Women’s Western Golf Association 2008 Woman of Distinction.

Currently, along with Gary Player and Ben Crenshaw, Ms. Mann is a special Ambassador and consultant for the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, FL.

For Carol's complete bio click here.

 

Nancy Lopez

Highlights:Nancy Lopez

  • Joined the LPGA Tour in 1977
  • Retired from the LPGA in 2002 finishing with 48 wins and $5.3 million in career earnings.
  • Named rookie of the year in 1978.
  • Won the Vare Trophy in 1978 and 1979 for having the lowest number of strokes per round.
  • Fourth player in the PGA to exceed $2 million in winnings.
  • Has her own line of clothing and equipment for women golfers, called Nancy Lopez Golf.

(Photo courtesy of LPGA.com)

 

Donna Caponi

Highlights:

  • Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2001.
  • Current announcer on The Golf Channel, covering the Champions Tour.
  • Finished in the top ten on the money list ten times between 1968 and 1981.
  • Won back to back U.S.Women’s Opens in 1969 and 1970.
  • Twenty-four wins on the LPGA Tour, including four major championships.
  • Assistant captain of the victorious 2005 U.S. Solheim Cup Team.
  • For Donna's complete bio click here.

 

 

Angela Stanford

Highlights:

  • Resident of Fort Worth, Texas
  • Member of victorious Solheim Cup Team in  2007 and played in the 2003 Solheim Cup
  • Winner of  the Lorena Ochoa Invitational and Bell Micro LPGA Classic in 2008
  • Winner of the 2003 ShopRite LPGA Classic
  • In 2003 was in a three-woman, 18 hole playoff for the U.S. Women’s Open Championship, losing to Hilary Lunke
  • Finished in the top 10 money winners 2008
  • Texas native and graduate of Texas Christian University. (2000, Speech Communication)
  • For Angela's complete bio click here.
(Photo courtesy of LPGA.com)

 

 

Katie Futcher

Highlights:

  • Resident of The Woodlands,Texas.
  • LPGA Rookie Year - 2006
  • Two time NCAA All America 2002, 2003.
  • Former Texas state High School Champion.
  • Graduate of The Pennsylvania State University (2003, Nutrition).
  • Former intern at The Women’s Home.
  • For Katie's complete bio click here.
(Photo courtesy of LPGA.com)

 

 

Kate Golden

Highlights:

  • Resident of The Woodlands, Texas
  • LPGA Rookie Year - 1992
  • 3 LPGA career hole-in-ones
  • In 2001, became the second of four consecutive Rolex First-Time Winners with her victory at the State Farm Classic, where she posted a career-low 63 and held off Anika Sorenstam in the final round.
  • Graduate of the University of Texas (1989, Criminal Justice).
  • For Kate's complete bio click here.
(Photo courtesy of LPGA.com)

 

Amy Read

Highlights:

  • Resident of The Woodlands, Texas
  • LPGA Rookie Year - 1987
  • Graduate of the University of Kentucky (1986, Recreation)
  • For Amy's complete bio click here.
(Photo courtesy of LPGA.com)

 

 

Stacy Lewis

Highlights:

  • Resident of The Woodlands, Texas
  • 2009 Rookie Year as LPGA Player
  • As amateur finished 3rd in the 2008 U.S. Women’s Open
  • 2008 LPGA Qualifying Tournament Champion beating Michelle Wie head to head
  • 2007 NCAA Champion
  • University of Arkansas Graduate
  • For Stacy's complete bio click here.
(Photo courtesy of LPGA.com)

 

 

 

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