PGA Tour player Grayson Murray passes away suddenly aged 30 – Irish Golfer Magazine

Murray won three consecutive Callaway Junior World Championships (2006-08) and was the was the top ranked golfer in his age group. After stints at Wake Forest University, East Carolina University and Arizona State University, he got the break he needed when he was given a sponsor’s exemption into the Korn Ferry Tour event near his hometown of Raleigh. He finished inside the top ten at the 2016 Rex Hospital Open which qualified him for the next event, and, when, he posted another top ten at the BMW Charity Open, his professional career took off. He concluded his season with a victory at the Nationwide Children’s to finish second on the Korn Ferry Tour money list and earn full status on the PGA TOUR in 2017.