Jo Ann Prentice

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Jo Ann Prentice

Jo Ann Prentice (born February 9, 1933 in Birmingham) is a former professional golfer with six wins on the Ladies' Professional Golfers Association {LPGA) tour between 1965 and 1974.

Prentice took up golf because her three brothers all played. She won the 1954 Alabama women's amateur golf title and was a quarterfinalist in that year's U.S. Amateur competition. She became a professional in 1956 and reached a second-place tie in the 1962 U.S. Women's Open.

Prentice currently owns a golf course in Oneonta.

LPGA Tour wins (6)

  • 1965: All State Ladies' Invitational
  • 1967: Dallas Civitan Open
  • 1972: Corpus Christi Civitan Open
  • 1973: Burdine's Invitational
  • 1974: Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle, American Defender-Raleigh Classic

References

  • "Jo Ann Prentice" (December 3, 2012) Wikipedia - accessed December 16, 2013

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