Grayson Murray, who came out on top for his second PGA TOUR title at the current year’s Sony Open in Hawaii, died Saturday.
“We were crushed to learn – and are grief stricken to share – that PGA TOUR player Grayson Murray spent away earlier today. I’m speechless,” PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan said. “The PGA TOUR is a family, and when you lose your relative, you changed forever. We grieve Grayson and pray God for solace for his friends and family.
“I met Grayson’s parents to give our most profound sympathies, and during that discussion, they asked that we go on with competition play,” Chief Monahan proceeded. “They were determined that Grayson would believe we should do as such. As troublesome as it will be, we need to regard their desires.”
Despondency guides were made accessible at the settings during the current week’s PGA TOUR and Korn Ferry TOUR occasions. Commissioner Monahan, who went from TOUR headquarters in Florida to the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas, said he was crushed by this misfortune.
Grayson’s parents, Eric and Terry Murray, said in an explanation on Sunday that the reason for death was suicide.
“Was Grayson adored? The response is yes,” his parents composed. “By us, his sibling Cameron, his sister Erica, the entirety of his more distant family, by his companions, by his kindred players and – it appears – by a lot of people of you who are understanding this. He was cherished and he will be remembered fondly.”
Murray, 30, was a champion golf player from his childhood. He won three continuous Callaway Junior Big showdowns (2006-08) and was the highest level golf player in his age group. He made his initial cut on the Korn Ferry Tour at age 16, turning into the second-most youthful player ever to do as such. After stints at Wake Forest University, East Carolina University and Arizona State University, he got the break he wanted in 2016 when he was given a support exclusion into the Korn Ferry Tour event close to his old neighborhood of Raleigh, North Carolina. He completed inside the best 10 at that event, the Rex Clinic Open, which qualified him for another beginning. At the point when he posted one more top 10 at the BMW Noble cause Supportive of Am, his professional career took off. He closed his season with a triumph at the Nationwide Kids’ Emergency clinic Title to complete second on the Korn Ferry Tour cash list and procure full status on the PGA TOUR for the 2016-17 season. The success came seven days before his 23rd birthday.
Murray burned through brief period setting up a good foundation for himself on golf’s greatest stage as a newbie. He brought home the 2017 Barbasol Championship while still only 23 years of age. His last cycle 68 got a single shot triumph, yet additionally set a two-year exclusion through the 2019 PGA TOUR season. He completed 66th in the FedExCup and acquired almost $1.5 million.
Grayson battled for the following couple of seasons on the PGA TOUR. In 2023, he found his game again on the Korn Ferry Tour; he scored two triumphs – the Advent Health Championship in Kansas City and the Simmons Bank Open outside Nashville – to complete fourth on that visit’s focuses list and procure a spot back onto the PGA TOUR for the accompanying season.
Murray opened the 2024 season with a season finisher triumph at the Sony Open in Hawaii. He made a grasp all over on the 72nd opening for a birdie to compel a season finisher. Then he sank a 40-foot birdie putt on the primary additional opening to overcome Byeong Hun An and Keegan Bradley. He arrived at a profession high 46th in the Official World Golf Positioning after that triumph.
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