 Murphy has been a Christian since 15 , after meeting a religious family on holiday . Murphy is well known for his charitable nature , having spent some of the summer of 2006 doing aid work in Zimbabwe with his then wife , Clare . He also donated one @-@ tenth of his 2005 World Championship winnings to the church , and at the 2012 World Snooker Championship Murphy donated £ 100 to the Royal Manchester Children 's Hospital Charity for every century he made . 
