HOW GRAYSON MURRAY RECLAIMED HIS LIFE AT THE SONY OPEN

The American overcame anxiety attacks on a recovery that helped him claim a win in Hawaii.

Before he birdied the par-5 18th hole twice on Sunday 14 January in the final round– once to shoot 67 and join a playoff with Byeong Hun An and Keegan Bradley, and another from 38 1/2 feet to win the Sony Open in Hawaii — Grayson Murray was sharing some of the most intimate and harrowing details of his adult life.

This was at The RSM Classic at Sea Island in November, Murray standing on the practice green while the powers that be prepared to surprise Chris Kirk with the PGA TOUR Courage Award in the nearby media room. The temptation was to make them into the same person. Two bearded gingers. Two guys walking the same path.

“I know Kirk,” Murray said. “I’ve talked to him about it. In the past, we’ve just gone to the bar and drank, and that kind of covered our time, but obviously, we don’t do that anymore.”