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Herald Sun
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Herald Sun
PGA golfer Harrison Endycott opens up on dark times and alcohol battles
The Korn Ferry Tour is golf's Bermuda triangle, a cosmopolitan melting pot of young up-and-comers trying to make it to the big leagues, and grizzled veterans trying to get back there. Most are stuck for years and then slowly fade away into obscurity. But it also captured a beautiful moment when Endycott finally locked up his PGA Tour status, with his dad Brian flying over from Australia to be there. They hugged and cried at what he'd achieved, but mostly because Endycott's mother, Dianne, wasn't there. She died from ovarian cancer when Harrison was just 15, largely keeping the details of her prognosis from the teenager. Endycott took her death hard. He was angry, rebellious, skipped school, the lot. 'The cards I got dealt with growing up to this point, for a long time I felt like my life was like sitting at a blackjack table and I kept getting dealt 20 … and the dealer keeps getting 21 every single time,' he says. 'I had a lot of trauma as a kid. I had a lot of things that happened in my life that I never dealt with. I thought I was the unluckiest person in the world. I needed help with that.' FINDING HELP AND A NEW PATH Endycott is speaking about his own mental health battle, partly, because he was afraid of his family receiving a phone call like the one Grayson Murray's parents had to receive in early 2024. Endycott, 28, confronted his own condition at Kentucky just two months after Murray took his life. The American had already won a PGA Tour event in early 2024 and was ranked inside the world's top 60. He'd been open with his own mental health battle. A week before he died, Endycott saw Murray on the putting green during practice for a PGA Tour stop. 'You wouldn't have had a clue,' he says. Murray was found dead a day after withdrawing from a PGA Tour event in Texas. 'I was definitely in a place where that could have been me,' Endycott says. 'I was close to going down (a path) where my family received calls his family had to receive.' After consulting the PGA Tour's player relations team, Endycott was immediately booked in to see a therapist. He didn't touch a golf club for almost four months, purely working on his mental health. His first challenge was to get sober. He stayed that way well until this year, and only occasionally has a limited amount of alcohol now. He found other pursuits to rewire his mind, mostly entailing health and fitness, where he now works out up to six times a week in the gym. He's the fittest he's ever been, enough for him to quietly make a return to professional golf last month on the Korn Ferry Tour. He made his first PGA Tour start in almost a year at The CJ Cup Byron Nelson, won by world No.1 Scheffler, and will continue to be given starts under a medical exemption. Endycott didn't survive the cut in Texas, but that didn't mean he grabbed the nearest bottle either. 'A missed cut last year resulted in me sitting at a bar getting s---faced, feeling good about myself that way,' Endycott says. 'But I've found the love of the game again. Results are part of the journey. I'm playing golf now because I love golf. 'Every week feels like a stepping stone now. A four o'clock alarm to go and play … I can't wait for that. And I've learned it's OK not to be OK. People will always listen. 'The second chance I've been given, whatever I do in life is always going to be filled with joy because of what I've dealt with.' Lifeline (24-hour crisis line): 131 114 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 or Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 or Headspace: 1800 650 890 or
USA Today
30-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Harrison Endycott odds to win the 2025 THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson
Harrison Endycott odds to win the 2025 THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson details and info Date: May 1-4, 2025 May 1-4, 2025 Course: TPC Craig Ranch TPC Craig Ranch Location: McKinney, TX McKinney, TX Previous Winner: Rory McIlroy How to watch THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson Thursday: The Golf Channel The Golf Channel Friday: The Golf Channel The Golf Channel Saturday: CBS (KBAK-Bakersfield, CA), The Golf Channel CBS (KBAK-Bakersfield, CA), The Golf Channel Sunday: CBS (KBAK-Bakersfield, CA), The Golf Channel Watch golf on Fubo! Endycott odds to win THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson PGA odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Wednesday at 3:08 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Endycott odds to finish in the top 5 at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson Endycott odds to finish in the top 10 at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson Other betting markets for Endycott at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson Endycott recent performances Endycott participated in six tournaments over the last 12 months, and he did not secure a top-10 finish.
