Grayson Murray

Grayson Colby Murray (October 1, 1993 – May 25, 2024) was an American professional golfer. He won two PGA Tour events: the 2017 Barbasol Championship and the 2024 Sony Open in Hawaii.

Grayson Murray
Personal information
Full nameGrayson Colby Murray
Born(1993-10-01)October 1, 1993
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedMay 25, 2024(2024-05-25) (aged 30)
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight200 lb (91 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeWake Forest University
East Carolina University
Arizona State University
Turned professional2015
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Korn Ferry Tour
eGolf Professional Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking46 (January 14, 2024)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour2
Korn Ferry Tour3
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament51st: 2024
PGA ChampionshipT22: 2017
U.S. Open63rd: 2022
The Open ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
Web.com Tour
Finals money list winner		2016

Early life and career

Murray was born on October 1, 1993, in Raleigh, North Carolina.[2][3] He won three straight Callaway Junior Championships from 2006 to 2008 and was the top-ranked golfer nationally in his age group.[4] Murray attended Leesville Road High School in Raleigh, where he competed in golf and won both a team and individual state title.[5]

Murray enrolled at Wake Forest University. Uncomfortable there, he transferred to East Carolina University after one semester, but left ECU's golf team after eight weeks due to disagreements with the coach. He committed to transfer to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, but opted instead to skip a semester. Murray enrolled at Arizona State University in 2014.[6] He played in the 2013 U.S. Open as an amateur.[7]

Professional career

Murray earned conditional status on the 2016 Web.com Tour by tying for 74th at Q School. A tie for tenth at the Rex Hospital Open in his native North Carolina, in which he competed on a sponsor exemption, gave him entry into the following tournament, where he tied for eighth and guaranteed himself full playing time for the rest of the season. He had four further top 10s, including a playoff loss at the Digital Ally Open, and finished 18th on the regular-season money list, earning a PGA Tour card for 2017.[6] On July 23, 2017, he earned his first PGA Tour victory by winning the Barbasol Championship.[8]

Murray won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour during the 2023 season, winning the AdventHealth Championship and the Simmons Bank Open, the latter being a Korn Ferry Finals event. These results earned Murray a tour card for the 2024 PGA Tour season.[9]

On January 14, 2024, he earned his second PGA Tour victory by winning the Sony Open in Hawaii in a playoff.[10]

Personal life and death

Murray struggled with alcoholism, anxiety, and depression.[11][12] Following the 2014 Southern Amateur, which he walked away from while in the lead, Murray was diagnosed with social anxiety.[6]

In October 2022, Murray was severely injured in a scooter crash in Bermuda before the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, leading him to withdraw from the event.[13][14]

Murray was engaged to Christiana Ritchie as of 2024.[15][16] He was a Christian.[17]

Murray died on May 25, 2024, at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida,[18] at the age of 30. He withdrew from the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas, the day before, citing an illness.[19] The next day, his parents confirmed that he had died by suicide.[20][21] Players on the tour honored Murray by wearing red-and-black ribbons during the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge; Murray had previously worn those colors in a tribute to the Carolina Hurricanes.[22]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (6)

PGA Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 Jul 23, 2017 Barbasol Championship 67–64–64–68=263 −21 1 stroke Chad Collins
2 Jan 14, 2024 Sony Open in Hawaii 69–63–64–67=263 −17 Playoff An Byeong-hun, Keegan Bradley

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2024 Sony Open in Hawaii An Byeong-hun, Keegan Bradley Won with birdie on first extra hole

Source:[2]

Korn Ferry Tour wins (3)
Legend
Finals events (2)
Other Korn Ferry Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 Sep 25, 2016 Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship 69–67–68–68=272 −12 1 stroke Cameron Smith
2 May 21, 2023 AdventHealth Championship 68–69–64–68=269 −19 1 stroke Wilson Furr, Rico Hoey
3 Sep 17, 2023 Simmons Bank Open 68–67–70–66=271 −17 3 strokes Mason Andersen, Carter Jenkins,
Jamie Lovemark

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2016 Digital Ally Open Wesley Bryan, J. T. Poston Bryan won with birdie on second extra hole

Source:[2]

eGolf Professional Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Jul 11, 2015 Imperial Headwear Southern Open 63–64–64–63=254 −26 7 strokes Christian Brand

Source:[26]

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships
Tournament 201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
PGA Championship T22
Tournament 201920202021202220232024
Masters Tournament 51
PGA Championship T43
U.S. Open 63
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Note: Murray never played in The Open Championship.

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 20172018201920202021202220232024
The Players Championship T79 T30 CUT C T42

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

PGA Tour career summary
Grayson Murray career statistics[2][28]
Season Starts Cuts
made		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top-10 Top-25 Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank[29]
2012 100000000–
2017 30181002711,468,72875
2018 22150002781,056,628112
2019 14500001T12125,511217
2020 14700011T10244,150179
2021 22600112T3255,130190
2022 12400001T13218,304198
2023 13500023T6437,066182
2024 1281002312,471,532371
Career 14066201102516,277,049306

1 Money list ranking as of May 19, 2024, at the end of his last completed tournament.

See also

References
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