PARENTS CONFIRM GRAYSON MURRAY TOOK HIS OWN LIFE - Golf Information | Golf Journal

Grayson Murray’s dad and mom have urged individuals to be “form to 1 one other” following the demise of their son, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour.

Murray withdrew from the Charles Schwab Problem with two holes remaining of Friday’s second spherical and died on Saturday morning on the age of 30.

“We now have spent the final 24 hours attempting to come back to phrases with the truth that our son is gone,” Eric and Terry Murray mentioned in an announcement launched on their behalf by the PGA Tour.

“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.

“We now have so many questions that haven’t any solutions. However one.

“Was Grayson cherished? The reply is sure. By us, his brother Cameron, his sister Erica, all of his prolonged household, by his buddies, by his fellow gamers and – it appears – by a lot of you who’re studying this. He was cherished and he shall be missed.

“We want to thank the PGA TOUR and all the world of golf for the outpouring of assist. Life wasn’t at all times straightforward for Grayson, and though he took his personal life, we all know he rests peacefully now.

“Please respect our privateness as we work by means of this unimaginable tragedy, and please honour Grayson by being form to 1 one other. If that turns into his legacy, we might ask for nothing else. Thanks.”

World primary Scottie Scheffler had earlier led the tributes to Murray, who received the Barbasol Championship in 2017 and the Sony Open in January.

“Clearly, the information hasn’t actually sunk in fairly but, however I’m serious about his household and praying onerous for all of them,” Scheffler mentioned.

“I can’t think about how tough of a time that is. I received to know Grayson a bit higher during the last six months or so.

“There’s not likely a strategy to put into phrases how unhappy and tragic it’s, however I’m serious about his household.”

Murray had been open about his battles with anxiousness and despair and revealed in January that he had sought remedy previously few years for alcohol abuse however had been sober for a number of months.

Three years in the past he posted on social media he felt the Tour didn’t do sufficient to help gamers who handled diseases resembling his.

“When Grayson mentioned that, I known as him instantly,” PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan mentioned on Saturday.

“During the last a number of years I spent lots of time with him as a result of I wished to grasp what we might do, in his opinion, to assist all people else out right here.

“I’m devastated by Grayson’s loss. The conversations I had with him, notably the final yr, I discovered an terrible lot from him. He was very open and clear with me.

“We don’t know the circumstances round Grayson’s passing. My conversations with Grayson within the space of psychological well being… we’re at all times difficult ourselves to make sure that we’re on the entrance fringe of having the ability to present the assist that we will for everyone out right here.

“These are a few of the finest athletes on this planet. They suppose they’re, in lots of respects, invincible.

“One of many issues I feel again about Grayson’s openness is he taught us all a lesson on that entrance and that’s one thing I’ll always remember.”

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