Sobel On Billy Hurley And His Dad's Disappearance

The story was a sad one that ended with Willard Hurley taking his life, but not before the PGA Tour's Billy Hurley issued a plea to help find his dad.

ESPN.com's Jason Sobel deftly handles what happened and the questions Hurley continues to ask after such a heartbreaking ordeal.

He maintains his father had never before left home unannounced. He said he never had any history of mental health issues -- at least, none that any of them knew about.

He said he wonders whether life in the high-stress career of law enforcement played a role in what happened.

"I think now more than ever, we have a better understanding medically of how traumatic events affect your brain," he said. "Sometimes we don't understand the impact that stuff like that has on us."

The family hopes Willard Hurley Jr. is remembered more for his life than his death. "I still think I had the best dad that the world's ever known," Dan said. "My hope is that that's the way he gets remembered, no matter how it ended."