Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray has died on the age of 30, golf officers introduced on Sunday morning.
The star’s mother and father revealed just a few hours later that he died by suicide.
“We have now spent the final 24 hours attempting to come back to phrases with the truth that our son is gone,” Eric and Terry Murray stated in an announcement.
“It’s surreal that we not solely must admit it to ourselves, however that we additionally must acknowledge it to the world. It’s a nightmare.”
The couple stated they’ve “so many questions that don’t have any solutions”.
“However one.“Was Grayson liked? The reply is sure. By us, his brother Cameron, his sister Erica, all of his prolonged household, by his pals, by his fellow gamers and — it appears — by a lot of you who’re studying this. He was liked and might be missed,” the assertion continued.
“We wish to thank the PGA Tour and all the world of gold for the outpouring of help.
“Life wasn’t all the time straightforward for Grayson, and though he took his personal life, we all know he rests peacefully now.
“Please respect out privateness as we work by means of this unimaginable tragedy, and please honor Grayson by being sort to at least one one other. If that turns into his legacy, we might ask for nothing else.”
Murray beforehand talked brazenly about battling melancholy and alcoholism, and he had lately been within the midst of a profession resurgence, The NY Publish studies.
After profitable the Sony Open in January, Murray stated that he had been sober for eight months.
Murray withdrew from the Charles Schwab Problem on Saturday through the second spherical as a result of sickness.
“We have been devastated to study — and are heartbroken to share — that PGA Tour participant Grayson Murray handed away this morning,” PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan stated in an announcement.
“I’m perplexed. The PGA Tour is a household, and once you lose a member of your loved ones, you’re by no means the identical.
“We mourn Grayson and pray for consolation for his family members. I reached out to Grayson’s mother and father to supply our deepest condolences, and through that dialog, they requested that we proceed with event play. They have been adamant that Grayson would need us to take action.
“As tough as it will likely be, we wish to respect their needs. The PGA Tour has grief counsellors accessible at each event websites, in addition to nearly for these not within the discipline. I’m en path to Fort Value and can share extra data after we can.”
Murray gained the Sony Open this previous January in addition to Barbasol Championship in 2017.
After the Sony Open win in Hawaii, an emotional Murray mentioned the laborious battle he had with psychological points and discovering happiness and admitted he had thought-about suicide.“It’s not straightforward,” he stated. “I wished to surrender a variety of instances. Quit on myself. Quit on the sport of golf. Quit on life, at instances.”
Murray additionally praised his fiancée, Christiana Ritchie and Jesus, for giving him love and help through the laborious instances.
“If you get bored with preventing, let another person battle for you. … I hope everybody at residence watching can get somewhat inspiration from it. If I can simply assist one individual, that’s all it takes … I knew as we speak was not going to vary my life, however it did change my profession, and I’m excited.”
He had additionally been open earlier about battling melancholy and alcohol points all through his profession, and stated in 2023 that he had gotten sober.
“I simply thought I used to be a failure,” he stated. “I believed I had a variety of expertise that was only a waste of expertise.”
After taking part in collegiately at Wake Forest, East Carolina and Arizona State, Murray turned professional in 2015.
Together with his two PGA Tour wins, Murray had 10 top-10 finishes.
CBS announcer Jim Nantz grew to become emotional whereas asserting the information through the third spherical of the Charles Schwab Problem on Saturday.
“I simply wish to say that the Tour did provide to the [Murray] household to cease play, proper right here mainly on the prime of the hour,” Nantz stated on the published. “The household was adamant that Grayson and the household desires the event to go on. Grayson Murray, gone method too quickly, on the age of 30.
“It’s a tragic day on the PGA tour. And one way or the other, with heavy hearts, we’re gonna cowl a golf event after a break. We’re gonna cowl it, we’re gonna strive as greatest we are able to, be as respectful as we are able to in our tone and in our hearts.”