Josh is joined by Sophie Walker on this week’s episode of the Sky Sports activities Golf podcast to replicate on the tragic information of Grayson Murray’s loss of life, earlier than previewing the US Ladies’s Open and listening to from Eddie Pepperell in a wide-ranging interview.
It was introduced over the weekend that two-time PGA Tour winner Murray handed away on Saturday after withdrawing late in his second spherical of the Charles Schwab Problem on Friday.
Murray’s household confirmed in an announcement that the 30-year-old had taken his personal life after beforehand talking overtly about his struggles with psychological well being and alcoholism.
“Everybody thinks that professional golf is the best job in the world, just because you’ve got all the stuff, all the money, all the trophies, life must be good right? Sometimes it’s not and it’s a battle in your own mind,” stated Sophie Walker.
“Maybe listening to some of the stuff he said some of us might have thought he’d won that battle, but I don’t think you ever do. It’s a constant thing and it makes me so sad he was that low.
“It is horrible to suppose that is your solely possibility.”
Tributes have poured in from across the world of golf as the sport remembers the influence of Murray, who has previously taken time to open himself up to messages from others who might have been struggling with their mental health.
“I usually say, a number of the lads I’ve performed with, once I see them on the course on Tour they seem like tremendous males,” said Walker. “Their garments are recent out of the packet, their sneakers, they stroll round and look six foot 5 and so on, however you are making an attempt to placed on a present for your self to be able to be as assured as attainable.
“There’s nothing quite like not playing well and going back to a hotel room alone and being left with your own thoughts.
“Professional golfers I believe communicate fairly negatively to themselves at the most effective of occasions, and you’ll by no means say what you say to your self to anyone else.
“When things are going well your phone blows up, when they aren’t it’s a really quiet place.”
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