Lucille Mann

One of the nation’s most prominent amateur golfers, Lucille Mann won the Nebraska Women’s State Championship five times in six years from 1950 to 1955. She also was the Omaha City women’s champion five consecutive summers, 1951-1955.

After taking up the game at the age of eight, she won the first tournament she entered. At age 15 she became the Des Moines City Champion.

Lucille was the Iowa state champion five times in six years from 1929-1934, and runner up the year she missed wearing the crown. She was also the Wisconsin state champion three times 1938,1939, and 1940.

She was a member of the 1934 U.S. Curtis Cup team, the same year she was the medalist at the U.S. National Amateur.

The first woman ever inducted into the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame, Lucille Mann has previously been honored by many organizations including the Nebraska Women’s Golf Association, the Omaha Sportscasters Association, the City of Omaha, and Aksarben.