Jo-Ann Lindsay captured golf championships over a span of nearly 50 years, starting with her first Manitoba junior women’s title in 1955 at the age of 14 as Jo-Ann Percy from the Charleswood Golf Club.
She won the Manitoba junior crown again in 1957 and played on the Manitoba junior teams in 1955-56-57. She also played on the B.C. junior team in 1959.
Leaving competitive golf from 1959 to 1965, she returned as Jo-Ann Snyder to win her first Manitoba women’s amateur championship in 1965, then retired from the scene again until 1974. As Jo-Ann Lindsay, she won two more amateur championships in 1997 and 2000. She also won the Manitoba City and District championship five times, in 1978, 1983, 1996, 1997 and 2000.
Her greatest achievements came in the senior division and the highlight was the Canadian senior women’s championship in 1991. She tied for second in that national event in 1992 and 2000 and was in the top five three more times in that span.
Jo-Ann won the Manitoba senior women’s championship nine times from 1992 to 2005 and was runner-up in 2001. In addition to her appearances on junior provincial teams, she played for Manitoba on eight amateur teams from 1958 to 2001 and was on four consecutive Manitoba senior teams in 1996 through 1999.
She was named Manitoba amateur Golfer of the Year in 2000 and was a finalist in voting for Manitoba female Athlete of the Year twice, in 1998 and 2000.
She is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc., September 26, 2005.