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Billy Hurley III Writes a Letter to his Father
By Fred Altvater
Everyone remembers the
story of PGA Tour member
Billy
Hurley’s
father’s
disappearance in July 2015.
He was found inTexas, though
no one could quite figure out
what he was doing there, nor
did he give any good reasons
for his escape. Just a couple
weeks later in August, he
committed suicide.
Hurley has been on an
emotional roller coaster since
that day and took the initiative
to write a heart wrenching
letter to his deceased father
last week.
Billy spent six years serving
his country, after he graduated
from the Naval Academy. For
most professional golfers,
this would be a fatal blow
to a career as a PGA Tour
professional golfer. For Hurley,
with his father’s assurance
and guidance, it was merely a
bump in the road.
The younger Hurley is hoping
to bring about a closure
from his father’s death and
celebrate the father, who
loved to watch Billy play golf
and his other children grow
and prosper.
In the article, Hurley writes,
“When I think about you and
your life, my mind is flooded
with memories.
I think of you coming home
from work in the evenings
and compulsively repairing
things around the house —
a door knob, the gutters, a
window frame. I think of our
Wiffle ball games in the front
yard with me and my three
siblings, playing until it was
too dark to see the ball.
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