Murle Breer

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Murle Breer
Personal information
Full nameMurle MacKenzie Lindstrom Breer
Born (1939-01-20) January 20, 1939 (age 83)
St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Height5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Residence Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
SpouseRobert Breer
Fred Lindstrom
ChildrenTracy, Vicki
Career
College St. Petersburg Junior College
Turned professional1958
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour (1958-84)
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour4
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
Western Open T8: 1959
Titleholders C'ship 11th: 1962
ANA Inspiration DNP
Women's PGA C'ship 4th: 1970
U.S. Women's Open Won: 1962
du Maurier Classic T47: 1981

Murle MacKenzie Lindstrom Breer [1] (born January 20, 1939) is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1962 U.S. Women's Open. She competed as Murle MacKenzie until her first marriage in 1961, [2] then as Murle Lindstrom until her second marriage in 1969. [3]

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Breer was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1958. Her first Tour victory came in a major championship in 1962, when she defeated Jo Ann Prentice and Ruth Jessen by one stroke in the U.S. Women's Open which was held at the Dunes Golf Club in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Breer enjoyed three more Tour victories in the 1960s and one mixed team win in the 1970s. She retired as a touring professional in 1984.

For more than two decades, Breer has run a golf school at High Hampton Inn Country Club in western North Carolina. She and husband, Robert, an aeronautical engineer, have two daughters, Tracy and Vicki. [4]

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (4)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (3)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1Jun 30, 1962 U.S. Women's Open +13 (78-74-76-73=301)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Ruth Jessen
Flag of the United States.svg Jo Ann Prentice
2Nov 4, 1962 San Antonio Civitan −3 (74-70-69=213)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls
3Oct 22, 1967 Carlsbad Jaycee Open E (77-72-67=216)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Sandra Haynie
4Jun 2, 1969 O'Sullivan Ladies Open −5 (66-71-71=208)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Shirley Englehorn

Other wins

Major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionshipWinning scoreMarginRunners-up
1962 U.S. Women's Open +13 (78-74-76-73=301)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Ruth Jessen, Flag of the United States.svg Jo Ann Prentice

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References

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