The family of Grayson Murray has launched a foundation to honour the late PGA Tour player, coinciding with the one-year anniversary of one of Murray’s greatest triumphs.
In the painful aftermath of Grayson Murray’s suicide, the people who loved him describe a man with immense talent, a kind heart and a burden he couldn’t shed.
Memorial Park, adjacent to the first tee at Muirfield Village Golf Club, was a place of sombre reflection as PGA Tour players, caddies, Memorial and tour officials and others in the golf business remembered the life of Grayson Murray.
Harry Higgs has won the past two weeks on the Korn Ferry Tour. But he’s also won with his words during his victory speeches afterwards – for altogether different reasons.
The Murrays, through the PGA Tour, said that they’ve grieved over the previous 24 hours attempting to come to terms with the fact that Grayson is no longer alive.
PGA Tour pros, by and large, were very, very mad on Wednesday morning (AEST) when they were blindsided by news of the merger with LIV Golf, the very entity they’d been told was their sworn enemy for the past couple years.
The final leaderboard at the Korn Ferry Tour’s AdventHealth Championship in Kansas City showed a one-shot victory for Grayson Murray, the first in six years for the journeyman pro. But for the 29-year-old who has battled issues with anxiety and alcohol along with physical injuries, the personal margin of victory was much greater.
Making mistakes is an inherent part of golf: attempting to hit a hero shot instead of punching out, misreading putts, even white belts, for pity’s sake. However, the biggest danger facing modern golfers is Twitter.
Australian Golf Digest
