Grayson Murray

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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 nationalityFile:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
Career
CollegeWake Forest University
East Carolina University
Arizona State University
University of North Carolina Greensboro
Turned professional2015
Former toursPGA Tour
Korn Ferry Tour
eGolf Professional Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking46 (January 14, 2024)[1]
(as of December 14, 2025)
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

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.

Early life and career

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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 NCHSAA 4A state championship.[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

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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, Murray earned his second PGA Tour victory by winning the Sony Open in Hawaii in a playoff.[10]

Personal life and death

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Murray struggled with alcoholism, anxiety, and depression.[11][12] Following the 2014 Southern Amateur, which he walked away from while near 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, of which he was a fan.[22]

Amateur wins

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Professional wins (6)

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PGA Tour wins (2)

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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 United States Chad Collins
2 Jan 14, 2024 Sony Open in Hawaii 69-63-64-67=263 −17 Playoff South Korea An Byeong-hun, United States Keegan Bradley

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2024 Sony Open in Hawaii South Korea An Byeong-hun, United States Keegan Bradley Won with birdie on first extra hole

Source:[2]

Korn Ferry Tour wins (3)

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

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2016 Digital Ally Open United States Wesley Bryan, United States J. T. Poston Bryan won with birdie on second extra hole

Source:[2]

eGolf Professional Tour wins (1)

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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 United States Christian Brand

Source:[26]

Other wins (1)

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Results in major championships

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Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
PGA Championship T22
Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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

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Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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

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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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
2017 30 18 1 0 0 2 7 1 1,468,728 75
2018 22 15 0 0 0 2 7 8 1,056,628 112
2019 14 5 0 0 0 0 1 T12 125,511 217
2020 14 7 0 0 0 1 1 T10 244,150 179
2021 22 6 0 0 1 1 2 T3 255,130 190
2022 12 4 0 0 0 0 1 T13 218,304 198
2023 13 5 0 0 0 2 3 T6 437,066 182
2024 12 8 1 0 0 2 3 1 2,471,532 371
Career 140 66 2 0 1 10 25 1 6,277,049 306

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

See also

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References

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