Tearful PGA Tour boss reveals details of incredible Grayson Murray text

PGA Tour boss Jay Monahan has revealed one of the first text messages he saw after stepping away from his role due to stress was from Grayson Murray. 

Murray took his own life at the age 30 on 26 May, hours after withdrawing from the Charles Schwab Challenge. 

The two-time PGA Tour winner had struggled for years with depression and alcoholism. 

At times, Murray took his anger out Monahan and his officials who reportedly did not answer his call for help. 

"No the PGA Tour didn't force me to drink," he wrote on Twitter three years ago.  

"But the PGA Tour never gave me help.

"In my five years of experience of being on Tour not once have I ever had a request been acknowledged by the commissioner of the PAC other than, 'We will get back to you'."

At the time, Phil Mickelson reached out to Murray to offer support. 

Murray also was furious with Monahan after the North American circuit announced the 6 June 2023 framework agreement with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. 

The golfer, like many PGA Tour members, was incandescent with rage that Monahan did a deal with LIV's financiers behind everyone's back. 

Murray let Monahan know exactly how he felt in a players' only meeting before the RBC Canadian Open. 

In the end, stress took its toll on Monahan and he stepped away from his position to recover. 

Understandably, Monahan turned off his phone for a few months. 

When he turned it back on, one of the first messages he saw was from Murray. 

Monahan made the revelation in a ceremony for Murray ahead of the Memorial Tournament. 

"A line in that text will always stay with me -- 'Jay I just want you to get healthy. I know everything is going to work out for our tour and for the better,'" Monahan said. 

"He offered not condemnation but compassion. Instead of walking away from me, he offered to walk with me.

"I'll always be thankful for this act of kindness, and I'm not alone."

World number one Scottie Scheffler also spoke at the ceremony. 

The two-time Masters champion was tearful and at the end of his speech buried his head in his wife Meredith's arms. 

He later said he wished he could've done more for Murray.

Monahan added: "I can only offer the assurance that Grayson's memory will serve as a continual reminder that the PGA Tour is a brotherhood that transcends competition. 

"And our foremost responsibility is to care for each other and be kind. 

"I can't imagine a prouder legacy."

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