So sad: Legend golfer dies today in a motor accident at age 41
In a statement, his parents Eric and Terry Murray said “life wasn’t always easy” for their son and “although he took his own life, we know he rests peacefully now
PGA Tour golfer Grayson Murray took his own life, his parents have said, as they urged people to be “kind to one another”.
The 30-year-old American withdrew from a competition in Texas with two holes remaining of his second round on Friday citing an illness, a day before he died.
In their statement, Eric and Terry Murray said “life wasn’t always easy” for their son and “although he took his own life, we know he rests peacefully now”.
The couple said that losing him was a “nightmare” and they have “so many questions that have no answers… but one”.
“Was Grayson loved? The answer is yes,” they said. “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.”
The pair thanked the PGA Tour and “the entire world of golf for the outpouring of support”.
They ended their statement by saying: “Please honour Grayson by being kind to one another. If that becomes his legacy, we could ask for nothing else.”
Murray – a two-time winner on the PGA Tour – pulled out of the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday.
His death on Saturday was announced by PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, who said Murray’s parents had asked for the event to continue.
‘I wanted to give up on life at times’
Murray spoke in January about his battles with anxiety and depression and revealed he had sought treatment in the past few years for alcohol abuse but had been sober for several months.
Following his tour victory at the start of this year in Hawaii, he explained how much the win meant to him after what he had been through, saying: “It’s not easy… I wanted to give up a lot of times, give up on myself, give up on the game of golf, give up on life at times, and you just persevere.
