After winning the Sony Open in Honolulu, Hawaii on Sunday by sinking a 40-foot birdie putt in a playoff, PGA champion golfer Grayson Murray shared some intimate details about how he overcame alcoholism and how he would be a different man if he hadn’t decided to put down the bottle eight months ago.
In front of a live national TV audience, he credited Jesus for his success saying, “Jesus Christ is first and foremost. Without him, none of this would be possible.”
Murray, 30, has been sober for eight months. He says he got tired of alcohol fueling his arrogance in public and making him feel like a failure for wasting talent in his private moments.
He feels renewed through Christianity and is getting married in April to a woman who became a big part of a small support group.
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During his younger years, Murray was considered one of the top players in golf, winning IMG Junior World titles in 2006, ’07 and ’08, according to PGATour.com. At the age of 16, he made the cut to become the second
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