Blake Davis
After professional golfer Grayson Murray died this weekend following his withdrawal in the second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge, there was immediate backlash from PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and other competitors Saturday at Colonial Country Club and beyond.
Monahan spoke with Amanda Balionis of CBS Sports to discuss the tragic situation shortly after arriving in Fort Worth, Texas.
“There’s a brotherhood here” Monahan said. “There’s a family here. And I just wanted to be here for our players, our caddies, our families that are here. This is a very tight-knit community on the PGA Tour, and to be in the locker room and see the devastation on the faces of every player that comes in It’s really hard to see and really profound.”
Monahan added that Murray, 30, was an outstanding player but was also “a very brave person” for the way he worked to improve your life after struggling with anxiety, depression and alcohol abuse.
Charles Schwab Challenge players were alerted to Murray’s death after finishing the third round. Because of the timing, many of them were hearing the news after the round and reacting in the moment.
“It was a big shock,” Webb Simpson, who has known Murray since Murray was a child, told CBS Sports. “My heart sank. I’ve been doing a junior tournament for 14 years – the Webb Simpson Challenge – he was the first winner. I remember that day like it was yesterday when he won the trophy. I knew he was going to be a great player since day one.
“I played with him in Charlotte the first two days. We had a lot of fun together. His game looked good. I just hate it. I hate it so much. I got to know him even better this year – we shared a meal together at Pebble Beach with his fiancee, I know she is hurting and everyone associated with Grayson Murray is hurting, I know he came to faith, he put his faith in Jesus Christ this year, I guess that was it. where you were with your faith before this morning happened.”
Peter Malnati, who played with Murray in the first two rounds at Colonial, cried during the interview.
“I didn’t know Grayson very well, but I spent the last two days with him,” Malnati said. “It’s funny, we get so worried here about a bad chance here or a good one there. We’re so competitive. We’re so competitive here. We all want to beat each other. Then something like this happens, and you realize, ‘We’re all just human.’ .
“It’s a very difficult day because you look at Grayson and you see someone who has visibly struggled in the past, and he’s been open about it. It’s so sad. I was with him yesterday. He is playing very well!
Malnati then told a story about how Wake Forest coach Jerry Haas — father of Bill Haas and former coach of Simpson and Will Zalatoris — once told him that Murray was the most talented player to ever step foot on the Wake Forest campus.
“It’s a huge loss for all of us on the PGA Tour, it’s a huge loss for our fans,” Malnati said. “At a time like this you realize that as much as we want to beat each other and as much as we want to be competitive, we are one big family. And we lost one today, and that’s terrible.”
Others like Justin Thomas, Luke Donald and Bubba Watson shared some of their thoughts on social media.
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