Grayson Murray was engaged to be married to his fiancée Christiana Ritchie before he tragically died by suicide on Saturday. The 30-year-old Murray, who withdrew from the Charles Schwab Challenge during the second round on Friday, said after winning the Sony Open in January that he met Ritchie in Palm Springs at a tournament three years ago. After being open about his battles with depression and alcoholism , Murray said at the time he was in a better place and credited Ritchie as being a reason why.
“I have a beautiful fiancée. I have beautiful parents. I have beautiful nephews, siblings,” Murray said in January.
“Everyone in my life right now who is close to me who has been through the struggles with me, it’s all a team effort. I’m not sitting here — I am sitting here alone, but all of them are part of this.” Ritchie “loves” golf, Murray said, having grown up around the sport, and he participated in the Masters Par 3 contest last month.
The couple was set to get married on April 27 in Pinehurst, Murray said at the time, though it’s unclear if the wedding took place; Webb Simpson, who knew Murray for more than 20 years , still referred to Ritchie as Murray’s fiancée on Saturday. Grayson Murray's fianceé, Christiana, shows the group how it's done. #themasters pic.
twitter.com/13b9VTzAev “Grayson put great people around him. His fiancée, Christiana, seems like a great woman.
I think they were really excited about getting married,” Simpson said.
