Grayson Murray’s dad and mom have urged folks to be “sort to 1 one other” following the dying 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 have now spent the final 24 hours attempting to return to phrases with the truth that our son is gone,” Eric and Terry Murray stated in a press release launched on their behalf by the PGA Tour.
“It’s surreal that we not solely need to admit it to ourselves, however that we additionally need to acknowledge it to the world. It’s a nightmare.
“We have now so many questions that don’t have any solutions. However one.
“Was Grayson beloved? The reply is sure. By us, his brother Cameron, his sister Erica, all of his prolonged household, by his mates, by his fellow gamers and – it appears – by lots of you who’re studying this. He was beloved and he will likely be missed.
“We want to thank the PGA TOUR and the whole world of golf for the outpouring of assist. Life wasn’t at all times simple for Grayson, and though he took his personal life, we all know he rests peacefully now.
“Please respect our privateness as we work via this unimaginable tragedy, and please honour Grayson by being sort to 1 one other. If that turns into his legacy, we may ask for nothing else. Thanks.”
World primary Scottie Scheffler had earlier led the tributes to Murray, who gained the Barbasol Championship in 2017 and the Sony Open in January.
“Clearly, the information hasn’t actually sunk in fairly but, however I’m desirous about his household and praying laborious for all of them,” Scheffler stated.
“I can’t think about how troublesome of a time that is. I obtained to know Grayson a bit higher over the past six months or so.
“There’s not likely a method to put into phrases how unhappy and tragic it’s, however I’m desirous about his household.”
Murray had been open about his battles with anxiousness and despair and revealed in January that he had sought therapy 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 comparable to his.
“When Grayson stated that, I known as him immediately,” PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan stated on Saturday.
“During the last a number of years I spent lots of time with him as a result of I needed to know what we may 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 realized 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 with the ability to present the assist that we are able to for everyone out right here.
“These are among the greatest athletes on the earth. They assume 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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