Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died Saturday morning, the Tour confirmed. Murray withdrew Friday late in his second round at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas, citing an illness. In a memo to the membership that was released Saturday afternoon, commissioner Jay Monahan wrote: “The PGA Tour is a family, and when you lose a member of your family, you are never the same.
There is nothing we can do but mourn Grayson and pray for comfort for his loved ones.” Monahan said that, after a conversation with Murray’s parents, tournament play at Colonial would continue. “They were adamant that Grayson would want us to do so,” Monahan said.
“As difficult as it will be, we want to respect their wishes.” Murray, 30, earlier this year, ending a six-year winless drought during which he’d struggled both mentally and physically. Murray, who was profiled in 2017, had been open about his battles with anxiety and depression.
He said in January that he sought treatment in the past few years for alcohol abuse but had been sober for several months. Following his victory at Waialae, Murray spoke optimistically about his future, saying that he had rediscovered his faith and was engaged to be married to Christiana Ritchie, whom he met in 2021. “I wouldn’t trade anything,” Murray said at the time.
“I have a beautiful fiancée. I have beautiful parents. I have beautiful nephews, siblings.
Everyone in my life right now who is close to me, who has been throu.