As a young lad in the early 1890s he caddied at the Toronto Golf Club where he learned the finer points of club-making and other skills necessary to be a professional golfer.

He showed early promise as a player with great potential and was apprenticed under the watchful eye of George Cumming.

Under Cumming's tutelage, Murray learned, in addition to club-making skills, the fundamentals of golf as both a player and teacher.

[4] After two years as an assistant under Cumming, he was appointed as head professional in 1902 at the Toronto Hunt Polo and Golf Club.

[5] Charlie also made some alterations to toughen up the Royal Montreal old Dixie course at Dorval in preparation for the 1926 Canadian Open.

[3][7] Murray died on 23 June 1938, aged 55, at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal following an operation to correct a stomach ailment (cancer).