Murle Breer

Murle Breer
Murle Breer
Personal information
Full name Murle Lindstrom Breer
Born January 20, 1939 (1939-01-20) (age 72)
St. Petersburg, Florida
Height 5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m)
Nationality  United States
Residence North Carolina
Spouse Robert Breer
Children Tracy, Vicki
Career
Turned professional 1958
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour (1958-1984)
Professional wins 5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 4
Other 1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
(Wins: 1)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship DNP
LPGA Championship 4th: 1970
U.S. Women's Open Won: 1962
du Maurier Classic T47: 1981

Murle Lindstrom Breer (born January 20, 1939) is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1962 U.S. Women's Open.

Breer was born Murle Lindstrom 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.[1]

Contents

Professional wins

LPGA Tour (4)

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

Other

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship Winning Score Margin Runners-up
1962 U.S. Women's Open +13 (78-74-76-73=301) 2 strokes United States Ruth Jessen, United States Jo Ann Prentice

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