Murle Breer

{{short description|American professional golfer}}

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| fullname = Murle MacKenzie Lindstrom Breer

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|1|20}}

| birth_place = St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.

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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=5.5}}

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| nationality = {{USA}}

| residence = Savannah, Georgia, U.S.

| spouse = Robert Breer
Fred Lindstrom

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| children = Tracy, Vicki

| college = St. Petersburg Junior College

| yearpro = 1958

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| extour = LPGA Tour (1958-84)

| prowins = 5

| lpgawins = 4

| otherwins = 1

| majorwins = 1

| western = T8: 1959

| titleholders = 11th: 1962

| nabisco = DNP

| lpga = 4th: 1970

| wusopen = Won: 1962

| dumaurier = T47: 1981

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Murle MacKenzie Lindstrom Breer{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_ngpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QNYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4739,4594161&dq=murle+golf+lindstrom+breer&hl=en |title=Unlikely winner has enjoyed many walks in sunshine during her life |newspaper=Southeast Missourian |first=Toby |last=Carrig |pages=1B,7B |date=October 3, 2004 |accessdate=March 26, 2013}} (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,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19620723&id=rJ0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cOkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=657,2333617 |title=St. Petersburg Gal Hits Golf Jackpot |newspaper=The Miami News |agency=Associated Press |page=2C |date=July 23, 1962 |quote=They were married just a year ago. |accessdate=March 26, 2013}} then as Murle Lindstrom until her second marriage in 1969.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1kpSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2nsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5268,2679983&dq=murle+golf+lindstrom+breer&hl=en |title=Murle Trails By 3 In Battle Of LPGA |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |agency=Associated Press |page=5-C |date=July 25, 1969 |quote=Newlywed Murle Lindstrom Breer... |accessdate=March 26, 2013}}

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.{{cite web | title=Bio on LPGA's official site | url=http://www.lpga.com/content/oldplayerbios/BreerMurleFinal.pdf | accessdate=22 October 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113112938/http://lpga.com/content/oldplayerbios/BreerMurleFinal.pdf | archive-date=13 January 2010 | url-status=dead }}

Professional wins

=LPGA Tour wins (4)=

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! Legend

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|LPGA Tour major championships (1)

Other LPGA Tour (3)

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner(s)-up

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|1

|Jun 30, 1962

|U.S. Women's Open

| +13 (78-74-76-73=301)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ruth Jessen
{{flagicon|USA}} Jo Ann Prentice

2

|Nov 4, 1962

|San Antonio Civitan

|−3 (74-70-69=213)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Betsy Rawls

3

|Oct 22, 1967

|Carlsbad Jaycee Open

|E (77-72-67=216)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Sandra Haynie

4

|Jun 2, 1969

|O'Sullivan Ladies Open

|−5 (66-71-71=208)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Shirley Englehorn

=Other wins=

Major championships

=Wins (1)=

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!Year!!Championship!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runners-up

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| 1962

U.S. Women's Open+13 (78-74-76-73=301)2 strokes{{flagicon|USA}} Ruth Jessen, {{flagicon|USA}} Jo Ann Prentice

References

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