Grayson Murray’s parents confirm the golfer’s cause of death

Kevin Dotson and Ben Morse, CNN

(CNN) — Professional golfer Grayson Murray died by suicide, his parents confirmed successful a connection released done nan PGA Tour.

“We person spent nan past 24 hours trying to travel to position pinch nan truth that our boy is gone,” Eric and Terry Murray said. “It’s surreal that we not only person to admit it to ourselves, but that we besides person to admit it to nan world. It’s a nightmare.”

The connection continued, “We would for illustration to convey nan PGA Tour and nan full world of play for nan outpouring of support. Life wasn’t ever easy for Grayson, and though he took his ain life, we cognize he rests peacefully now.”

Murray’s decease was announced by nan PGA Tour connected Saturday, a time aft nan 30-year-old withdrew from competition, citing illness, astatine nan Charles Schwab Challenge successful Fort Worth, Texas.

Earlier this year, Murray won nan Sony Open successful a playoff against erstwhile PGA Championship victor Keegan Bradley and South Korea’s An Byeong-hun, ending a six-and-a-half-year winless streak during which he admitted to struggling pinch intelligence wellness and beingness issues.

Hailing from Raleigh, North Carolina, Murray was regarded arsenic 1 of nan world’s champion inferior players, capturing 3 IMG Junior World titles successful 2006, ’07 and ’08.

At property 16, he became nan 2nd youngest to make nan trim connected nan PGA’s developmental Korn Ferry Tour, and astatine property 19 he played successful nan 2013 US Open, according to nan PGA. He went connected to triumph nan 2017 Barbasol Championship astatine conscionable 23 years old.