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]

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	[phone]=301)	2 strokes	Ruth Jessen Jo Ann Prentice
2	Nov 4, 1962	San Antonio Civitan	-3 (74-70-69=213)	3 strokes	Betsy Rawls
3	Oct 22, 1967	Carlsbad Jaycee Open	E (77-72-67=216)	1 stroke	Sandra Haynie
4	Jun 2, 1969	O'Sullivan Ladies Open	-5 (66-71-71=208)	3 strokes	Shirley Englehorn

Other

• 1979 JCPenney Mixed Team Classic (with Dave Eichelberger)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runners-up
1962	U.S. Women's Open	[phone]=301)	2 strokes	Ruth Jessen, Jo Ann Prentice

References

1. ^ "Bio on LPGA's official site". http://www.lpga.com/content/oldplayerbios/BreerMurleFinal.pdf. Retrieved 22 October 2007. 

External links

• Murle Breer at the LPGA Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Breer, Murle
Alternative names	Breer, Murle Lindstrom; Lindstrom, Murle
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	January 20, 1939
Place of birth	St. Petersburg, Florida
Date of death
Place of death