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The late Grayson Murray had been trustworthy about his psychological well being struggles by means of the years, and the golfer hoped that his candor might encourage others to get assist.
In 2021, Murray was concerned in an alcohol-related incident in Hawaii which led to his suspension from the PGA Tour. “Why was I drunk?” he wrote by way of social media after, per the New York Instances. Murray added that he was an “alcoholic that hates all the pieces to do with the PGA Tour life and that’s my scapegoat.”
Murray revealed in January 2024 that he had been sober for months. “I wrestle with evaluating myself to others, shallowness,” Murray stated, per Golf Digest. “There’s loads of points that — I name them points. I believe they’re frequent points that all of us endure. I acquired bored with attempting to combat it alone, and I requested for assist at some point, and that’s when my life modified.”
In Could 2024, Murray withdrew from an early spherical of the Charles Schwab Problem in Fort Value, Texas, citing an sickness. Days later, his household confirmed that he had died by suicide. He was 30.
“Life wasn’t at all times straightforward for Grayson, and though he took his personal life, we all know he rests peacefully now,” his mother and father, Eric and Terry, wrote in an announcement launched by the PGA on the time, earlier than concluding with a message for followers. “Please honor Grayson by being form to 1 one other. If that turns into his legacy, we might ask for nothing else.”
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Preventing for Sources
Again in 2021, Murray got here down on the PGA Tour for not giving him assets for his psychological well being. In a since-deleted submit by way of X, Murray wrote, “No the PGA Tour didn’t pressure me to drink, however the PGA Tour by no means gave me assist.”
Following his dying in Could 2024, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan spoke about Murray’s previous remarks — in addition to his lasting legacy — throughout a press convention.
“When Grayson stated that, I known as him instantly,” Monahan stated, per footage shared by way of X. “I wished to grasp what we might do, in his estimation, in his opinion, to assist all people else out right here.”
He continued: “We’ve made quite a few developments alongside these strains and it’s change into an actual level of focus and emphasis. We’re happy with the applications now we have in place to help our gamers, to help all people out right here.”
Monahan famous that Murray was “very open and clear” with him. “He talked about simply the peace he had in his life,” he stated, pointing to Murray’s remarks after profitable the Sony Open. “I discovered inspiration in that personally. I additionally discovered inspiration in that as a frontrunner of this tour.”
Peace Contained in the Ropes
Following his victory on the Sony Open in January 2024, Murray opened up about his struggles whereas speaking with reporters.
“It’s not straightforward,” Murray stated in an interview after his win. “I wished to surrender loads of instances. Hand over on myself. Hand over on the sport of golf. Hand over on life, at instances. Simply protect. While you get bored with combating, let another person combat for you.”
Murray added that he hopes folks watching can get “somewhat inspiration” from him. “If I simply assist one individual, that’s all it takes,” he stated.
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Throughout a press convention, Murray gave a candy shout-out to his fiancée, Christiana Ritchie, in addition to these in his nook.
“I’ve a good looking fiancée now that I really like a lot and who’s so supportive of me,” he stated per the PGA Tour’s official X account. “It simply makes all the pieces really easy once I get out right here contained in the ropes when everybody in my circle is admittedly pulling for me. They usually’re proper there with me once I do have these onerous days, and I nonetheless have onerous days. However I really feel much more at peace inside these ropes now.”
Murray additionally famous that there are days when he doesn’t “need to get off the bed.” He added, “I simply thought I used to be a failure. I at all times checked out myself as a failure. I believed I had loads of expertise that was only a waste of expertise. It was a foul place, however like I stated, you need to have braveness. You need to have the willingness to maintain going. Lo and behold, that’s what I did, and I’m right here, and I’m so blessed and I’m grateful.”
‘It’s OK to Not Be OK’
Murray famous that his psychological well being journey had impacted not solely himself however these round him.
“My mother and father have been by means of hell and again mainly for the final six years with me combating some psychological stuff,” he stated in an Instagram video from the Korn Ferry Tour’s AdventHealth Championship in Could 2023. “It’s not straightforward on me and the folks round me that love me, they don’t wish to see me down they usually’ve been my primary supporters.”
Whereas saying that “everybody has their battles,” Murray added that “typically persons are capable of cover them and performance” whereas typically folks aren’t.
“I believe our society now could be getting higher about accepting that it’s OK to not be OK sort deal and I’ve embraced that sort mentality,” he stated. “[I’m] not ashamed that I’m going by means of despair, nervousness. I do know I’ve helped folks out prior to now simply by means of my social media, folks message me and that’s, I believe, a part of [what] I can use my platform to do to proceed to assist with issues like that.”
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Getting Assist
Murray shared perception into his struggles in a July 2017 submit by way of social media. “Everyone seems to be battling their very own battle on daily basis. Some cover it effectively and a few don’t. Step one to discovering assistance is admitting you want it,” he wrote on the time. “Fortunately I admitted I wanted assist for despair and nervousness a couple of years in the past and it saved my life. It’s one thing I battle on daily basis. It doesn’t go away, it’ll by no means go away however there are methods to regulate it.”
He continued: “Fortunately I’ve fashioned a crew round me that retains me going on a regular basis. I do know setbacks are susceptible to occur however that’s the problem I settle for. Simply to let everybody know I don’t normally submit these posts however in case you are or know somebody struggling, I’m right here to assist.”
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