Grayson Murray’s untimely death kicked off a wave of tributes from his golf peers and friends, who feel he died too young. Pro golfer Smylie Kaufman took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to honor his longtime friend. “I’m just heartbroken hearing about the passing of Grayson Murray,” tweeted Kaufman. “He was a friend to me at some of my lowest points in my career and I’ll always be appreciative of that. I will miss him very much but I know he is in good hands now.” Kaufman also tweeted a sweet anecdote about Murray acknowledging his 5-year-old daughter’s birthday after he’d won a golf tournament.
One of things sticking with me right now about Grayson was how genuine and personable he was. On Wednesday at Sony this year we caught up and I was telling him that I was flying home Monday for my daughter’s first birthday. Five days after our conversation Grayson is holding up a… pic.twitter.com/qbux0ojJ7L
— Smylie Kaufman (@SmylieKaufman10) May 26, 2024
Webb Simpson, also Murray’s friend, shared an emotional statement with CBS Sports. “It was a huge shock,” Simpson said. “My heart sank.” Simpson, who also revealed that Murray had recently gotten closer to God, added, “I just played with him at Charlotte the first two days… His game looked good. I just hate it.”
Meanwhile, Peter Malnati cried while speaking to the outlet. “It’s a huge loss for all of us on the PGA Tour, it’s a huge loss for our fans,” Malnati said. “In 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’re one big family. And we lost one today, and that’s terrible.”
