Grayson Murray’s family has showed the pro golfer died by means of suicide, after news of his demise stunned the sports activities group this weekend.
The two-time PGA Tour winner died Saturday, the day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas. He was once 30 years outdated.
His folks, Eric and Terry Murray, shared a statement Sunday pronouncing that “life wasn’t always easy for Grayson, and although he took his own life, we know he rests peacefully now.”
“We have spent the last 24 hours trying to come to terms with the fact that our son is gone,” they wrote. “It’s surreal that we not only have to admit it to ourselves, but that we also have to acknowledge it to the world. It’s a nightmare.”
Murray, who received complete standing at the PGA Tour in 2017, gained the Barbasol Championship that 12 months on the age of 23.
In 2023, he scored two wins at the Korn Ferry Tour, on the CreationHealth Championship in Kansas City and the Simmons Bank Open out of doors of Nashville, Tennessee.
Murray went directly to win the Sony Open in Hawaii previous this 12 months — hitting wedge to a few ft for birdie at the ultimate hollow to get right into a playoff and profitable it with a 40-foot putt.
Murray has been open about having struggled with alcoholism and psychological well being prior to now. At a news convention after profitable the Sony Open in January, Murray told reporters he used to drink all over match weeks and that alcohol was once his “outlet.”
“That was over seven years ago, and I’m a different man now,” he mentioned. “And I would not be in this position right now today if I didn’t put that drink down eight months ago.”
Murray additionally shared that he struggled with anxiousness and despair, which he mentioned “stemmed a lot from alcohol use,” and that he suffered from vainness problems. But his existence modified, he mentioned, when he stopped “trying to fight it alone” and determined to invite for assist.
“There were days where I didn’t want to get out of bed. I just thought I was a failure. I always looked at myself as a failure. I thought I had a lot of talent that was just a waste of talent,” Murray mentioned. “And it was a bad place but like I said, you have to have courage. You have to have the willingness to keep going. And lo and behold, that’s what I did.”
In their remark his folks wrote, “We have so many questions that have no answers. But one. Was Grayson loved? The answer is yes. By us, his brother Cameron, his sister Erica, all of his extended family, by his friends, by his fellow players and — it seems — by many of you who are reading this. He was loved and he will be missed.”
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan additionally mentioned in a statement Saturday that he was once “devastated” to be informed of Murray’s demise that morning.
“The PGA TOUR is a family, and when you lose a member of your family, you are never the same,” he mentioned. “We mourn Grayson and pray for comfort for his loved ones.”
Grief counselors might be to be had at this week’s PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour occasions, in keeping with the news unencumber.
If you or somebody you realize is in disaster, name 988 to succeed in the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You too can name the community, up to now referred to as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, at 800-273-8255, textual content HOME to 741741 or discuss with SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for added assets.