Grayson Murray’s family has confirmed the professional golfer died by suicide, after news of his death shocked the sports community 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 30 years old.
His parents, Eric and Terry Murray, shared a statement Sunday saying 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 gained full status on the PGA Tour in 2017, won the Barbasol Championship that year at the age of 23.
In 2023, he scored two wins on the Korn Ferry Tour, at the AdventHealth Championship in Kansas City and the Simmons Bank Open outside of Nashville, Tennessee.
Murray went on to win the Sony Open in Hawaii earlier this year — hitting wedge to 3 feet for birdie on the final hole to get into a playoff and winning it with a 40-foot putt.
The golfer was known to have dealt with mental health issues in the past.
“We have so many questions that have no answers,” his parents wrote in their statement. “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 also said in a statement Saturday that he was “devastated” to learn of Murray’s death that morning.
“The PGA TOUR is a family, and when you lose a member of your family, you are never the same,” he said. “We mourn Grayson and pray for comfort for his loved ones.”
Grief counselors will be available at this week’s PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour events, according to the news release.
If you or someone you know is in crisis, call 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You can also call the network, previously known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, at 800-273-8255, text HOME to 741741 or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for additional resources.
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