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Feherty reveals relapse in interview with Gumbel

Golf Channel's David Feherty revealed in a recent interview that he suffered a relapse.

Speaking with Bryant Gumbel, Feherty said that he broke his decade-long sobriety after the death of his oldest son, Shey, who died from a drug overdose in Summer 2017. Shey was found on what would've been his 29th birthday.

Feherty said he was spending some alone time at a friend's ranch when the relapse occurred.

"I thought, 'You know what, I've been sober 10 years. I'm tired of it. ... I want to feel better,'" Feherty said, "and I convinced myself that it would make me better and before I knew it, it had me under control.