PGA Tour golfer Grayson Murray died suddenly, one day after withdrawing from the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas. He was 30 years old.
We were devastated to learn – and are heartbroken to share – that PGA TOUR player Grayson Murray passed away this morning. I am at a loss for words,” PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said in a statement Saturday.
No cause of death has been listed. He was 30 years old.
The two-time PGA Tour winner Murray withdrew from the tournament with two holes left to play in the second round on Friday, citing an illness.
The North Carolina-born player was regarded as one of the world’s best junior players, capturing three IMG Junior World titles in 2006, ’07, and ’08.
According to the PGA Tour, at age 16, he became the second youngest to make the cut on the Korn Ferry Tour, and at age 19, he played in the 2013 U.S. Open. He went on to win the 2017 Barbasol Championship at just 23 years old.
“Grayson was the absolute best. Not only was he an incredible, thoughtful, and generous boss, he was an even better friend,” his caddie Jay Green said in a statement, according to Golf Channel’s Brentley Romine.
“He truly would do anything for anyone. He has the best family, and my heart goes out to them. We will all miss him deeply.”
Earlier this year, Murray won the Sony Open in a playoff against former PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley and South Korea’s An Byeong-hun to end a six-and-a-half winless year drought.
During that time, Grayson admitted that he suffered from mental health and physical issues.
Murray’s agent Kevin Canning said in a statement to CNN, “We are saddened and heartbroken to learn about the sudden passing of Grayson Murray. Grayson has been a longtime member of the GSE family and hearing the news this morning shocked all of us.”
