{{Short description|American professional golfer (1933–2025)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Jo Ann Prentice | image = | imagesize = <!-- Optional, default is 200px --> | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|2|9}} | birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|5|18|1933|2|9}} | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=5.5}} | weight = | sporting_nationality = {{USA}} | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | yearpro = 1956 | extour = LPGA Tour | prowins = 6 | lpgawins = 6 | otherwins = <!-- Number of Other wins --> | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | western = T2: 1966 | titleholders = 4th: 1963 | nabisco = 71st: 1983 | lpga = T3: 1964 | wusopen = T2: 1962 | dumaurier = T44: 1979 | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = <!-- Achievement or award details --> | year1 = <!-- Year(s) of achievement or award --> | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }}
'''Jo Ann Prentice''' (February 9, 1933 – May 18, 2025) was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
==Biography== Prentice was born in Birmingham, Alabama on February 9, 1933.<ref name=who>{{cite book |last1=Elliott |first1=Len |first2=Barbara |last2=Kelly |title=Who's Who in Golf |year=1976 |publisher=Arlington House |location=New Rochelle, New York |isbn=0-87000-225-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoingolf00elli/page/153 153] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoingolf00elli/page/153 }}</ref> She turned professional in 1956.<ref name=who/>
Prentice joined the LPGA tour in 1957 and won six times<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf |title=LPGA All-Time Winners List |publisher=LPGA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229053926/http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf |archive-date=2010-12-29}}</ref> between 1965 and 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology60-69.pdf |title=LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 |publisher=LPGA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629124254/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology60-69.pdf |archive-date=June 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology70-79.pdf |title=LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-1979 |publisher=LPGA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102105959/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology70-79.pdf |archive-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>
Prentice was elected to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1991, and is one of only eight golfers in it.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ashof.org/inductees/jo-ann-prentice/ |title=Inductees – Jo Ann Prentice |publisher=Alabama Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=May 21, 2025}}</ref>
Prentice died May 18, 2025, at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2025/six-time-lpga-tour-winner-jo-ann-prentice-passes-away-at-age-92 |title=Six-Time LPGA Tour Winner Jo Ann Prentice Passes Away at Age 92 |publisher=LPGA |first=Steve |last=Eubanks |date=May 20, 2025 |access-date=May 21, 2025}}</ref>
==Amateur wins== ''this list is incomplete'' *1954 Alabama Women's Amateur
==Professional wins== ===LPGA Tour wins (6)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of<br>victory !Runner(s)-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|Mar 28, 1965 |All State Ladies' Invitational | +2 (74-72=146) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth |- |align=center|2 |align=right|May 15, 1967 |Dallas Civitan Open |−3 (67-71-68-75=281) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|USA}} Judy Kimball |- |align=center|3 |align=right|Oct 30, 1972 |Corpus Christi Civitan Open |E (69-69-72=210) |Playoff |{{flagicon|USA}} Sandra Palmer<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth |- |align=center|4 |align=right|Jan 7, 1973 |Burdine's Invitational |−4 (69-71-72=212) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|USA}} Beth Stone |- |align=center|5 |align=right|Apr 21, 1974 |Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle | +1 (71-71-74-73=289) |Playoff |{{flagicon|USA}} Jane Blalock<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Sandra Haynie |- |align=center|6 |align=right|May 12, 1974 |American Defender-Raleigh Classic |−7 (65-72=137) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|USA}} Laura Baugh |} ''Note: Prentice won the Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle (now known as the Chevron Championship) before it became a major championship.''
'''LPGA Tour playoff record (2–1)''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result |-style="background:#B0E0E6;" |align=center|1 |align=center|1972 |Corpus Christi Civitan Open |{{flagicon|USA}} Sandra Palmer<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth |Won with birdie on tenth extra hole<br>Whitworth eliminated by birdie on third hole |-style="background:#B0E0E6;" |align=center|2 |align=center|1974 |Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle |{{flagicon|USA}} Jane Blalock<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Sandra Haynie |Won with birdie on fourth extra hole<br>Haynie eliminated by par on second hole |-style="background:#F5DEB3;" |align=center|3 |align=center|1974 |Lady Errol Classic |{{flagicon|USA}} Jane Blalock |Lost to birdie on first extra hole |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{LPGA player|jo-ann-prentice/81614}} * {{Legends Tour player|old_id=41}}
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