Peter Malnati emotional discussing Grayson Murray, dead at 30: 'It's a really hard day'

The golf world was left reeling on Saturday with news that two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray had died. He was 30 years old.

Murray, whose cause of death has not been released, withdrew from the second round of the Charles Schwab Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas on Friday with what the PGA deemed to be an "illness." Earlier this year, he won his second and final career victory on the tour at the Sony Open in Hawaii on Jan. 14.

Murray's death has had an effect on numerous people within the sport of golf and beyond. Among them: PGA Tour golfer and Tennessee native Peter Malnati, who was Murray's final golf pairing in Rounds 1 and 2 at the Charles Schwab Invitational. Malnati and Murray shot 2 over par and 2 under par, respectively, in Thursday's Round 1. Malnati shot 1 under in Round 2, whereas Murray shot 5 over through 16 holes before withdrawing.

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Malnati, who grew up in Dandridge, Tennessee and graduated from Jefferson County High School, spoke at length about Murray and the effect his passing had among others on the tour.

"This is going to be really hard. I didn't know Grayson all that well, but I spent the last two days with him," Malnati told CBS Sports. "And, it's so funny — we get so worked up out here about a bad break here, or a good break there. Look ... we're so competitive. It's so competitive out here. We all want to beat each other.

"And then something like this happens and you realize we're all just humans. It's just a really hard day. Because you look at Grayson, and you see in him someone who has physically, outwardly struggled in the past, and he's been open about it. And then you see him kind of get his life back to a place where he's feeling good about things. It's just so sad."

Below is the full clip of Malnati discussing Murray.

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As Malnati alluded to, Murray has been open and honest in discussing his struggles wiith depression and alcoholism. Indeed, he spoke at length about it during his January win at the Sony Open in Hawaii.

“I would drink during tournament weeks," Murray said. "It was my outlet. I thought I was invincible coming out here as a 22-year-old, winning as a rookie, played three days hungover when I won. Best thing and worst thing that ever happened to me was winning my rookie year, but also feeling like I was invincible.

"It took me a long time to get to this point. That was seven years ago, over seven years ago. I'm a different man now. I would not be in this position right now today if I didn't put that drink down eight months ago."

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