Scottie Scheffler Shares Classic Story Of Losing A Bet To Grayson Murray During Emotional Celebration Of Life

Dozens of PGA Tour players gathered Tuesday ahead of this week's Memorial Tournament for a celebration of life for Grayson Murray, who took his life not long after withdrawing from the Charles Schwab Challenge two weeks ago. Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world, was among those who spoke during the gathering.

According to ESPN, Scheffler got to know Murray better earlier this season as Murray was trying to get his fiancée more involved with some of the players' wives and girlfriends. Scheffler reportedly referred to Murray as "a sweet man" multiple times during his speech before walking away from the podium in tears and burying his head into his wife's shoulder.

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While the scene at the celebration of life was understandably emotional, Scheffler did manage to share a lighthearted story about how Murray won $100 off of him during a practice round at The Players earlier this year, a tournament Scheffler would go on to win.

"The look on his face when I gave him $100 on the ninth green is something I'll remember for a long time because you couldn't wipe that smile off his face," Scheffler said. "Without a doubt, he loved being out here inside the ropes."

A number of PGA Tour players attended a celebration of life for Grayson Murray ahead of this week's Memorial Tournament in Ohio. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

During his news conference with the media later Tuesday morning, Scheffler shared more details about the bet he and Sam Burns lost to Chesson Hadley and Murray at TPC Sawgrass.

"I think they beat us 1-up. Yeah, they beat us 1-up, him and Chesson beat us 1-up, beat me and Sam. We had a putt on 18 to tie and Grayson, I think his fiancée said he was running towards -- running out the door to come play a practice round, and he was skipping off the 18th green, is how I would describe it," Scheffler said.

Murray's passing came as a shock to Scheffler, just like it did to the rest of the world.

"When we found out Grayson passed away last week, it was obviously a pretty big shock to all of us," Scheffler said. "It's been a tough 10 days trying to process what transpired. I think your mind always goes to I think we all wish we could have done more for him, wish we could have done things differently. Your mind just kind of goes to what you could have done to prevent this from happening.

"He had his fiancée and he was trying to get his fiancée involved in life out here, and he was trying to really be the best version of himself and be a great husband. 

"He was looking forward to marriage, he was looking forward to one day becoming a dad. It pains me that he's no longer with us. I tried to do my best to honor him today and, yeah, it's been a tough week and a half."

Murray's parents confirmed in a statement that he had committed suicide. It was later reported that the two-time PGA Tour winner died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning inside of his Palm Beach Gardens townhouse. He was 30 years old.

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