Days after Grayson Murray’s death, Rory McIlroy opens up an open confession
Days after Grayson Murray’s death, Rory McIlroy opens up an open confession
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Rory McIlroy, reacting to the death of Grayson Murray, said his thoughts were with his fellow pro’s family.
He then turned introspective.
McIlroy’s comments came Wednesday in a pre-tournament press conference for the Canadian Open, his first public-speaking appearance since Murray’s death was announced Saturday. Murray’s parents said Murray took his own life.
Grayson Murray’s life touched many. So, too, has his death
For clarity, here is the question asked to McIlroy, and his answer:
On such sad news last weekend with Grayson Murray’s passing, when you hear that news, what goes through your mind, and what are the things to kind of take from that and make sure to hold on to?”
“Yeah, I mean, it’s incredibly sad, first and foremost,” McIlroy said, “and I think we’re all thinking of Grayson’s family and hoping that they’re doing OK and getting through this incredibly tough period.
“Yeah, I think, you know, it’s cliche, but it puts everything in perspective. It puts everything — you know, at the end of the day, you know, golf is golf and, yeah, we play it for a living, but it pales in comparison to the things that actually matter in life. That’s a — I’ve had to realize that at times and I’m still sort of working my way through that in terms of not making golf the be-all end-all for me. I think it slaps you in the face when something like that happens last week.
“As I said, it’s incredibly sad and everyone has to remember out here that we go out and we do things that a lot of people can’t, but at the end of the day, we’re still human beings, and we’re vulnerable and we’re fragile, and I think if there’s a lesson for anyone out there it’s just to be kinder to each other.”
making lots of money are also dealing with the same things that everyone else deals with, would resonate with a lot of people. I mean, if that’s going to be his legacy, that’s a pretty great one to leave. That, you know, it’s OK to be not OK. Yeah, I’m thinking about his family and people close to him, because I know it was so sudden, so unexpected. I know the Tour now will kind of look at how we can be better there, how we can continue to help people like that that are struggling and hopefully avoid this in the future.”
