The parents of professional golfer Grayson Murray have disclosed that the 30-year-old has committed suicide. In a statement, Terry and Eric Murray write, among other things: “We have spent the last 24 hours trying to come to terms with the fact that our son is gone […] Life wasn’t always easy for Grayson, and although he took his own life, we know that he rests peacefully now.”
Grayson Murray passed away at 30
The two-time PGA Tour winner had retired on Friday during the second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge on hole 16 at Colonial Country Club – due to illness, according to the PGA Tour – and was found dead on Saturday under as yet unknown circumstances.
After suffering from alcohol and mental problems, including depression, in recent years, Murray had reconnected with the world’s elite in 2024. After his rookie success at the 2017 Barbasol Championship, he won the Sony Open in Hawaii this year and announced at the time that he had been sober for eight months and was newly engaged: “My story isn’t over yet. I think it’s just beginning. I hope I can inspire a lot of people who have their own problems.” He was subsequently even appointed to the PGA Tour’s Player Advisory Council. He made the cut in his Masters debut in April and finished 51st, tied 43rd at the PGA Championship and was a certainty in the US Open field as 58th in the world.