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After Two Heart Transplants, Erik Compton Not Satisfied Just to Play

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Unlike everybody watching him, Erik Compton wasn't just happy to be here. So when he walked off the 18th hole Friday, he did not feel the least bit inspirational or heroic. He felt like a man who just shot an 81. "This is where I'm supposed to be. I'm supposed to miss the cut," Compton said. "I'm...

Finchem: Tiger's Drug Tests Clean

A week of notes, quotes and golf gossip ...Reading between the lines of last week's public address by Tiger Woods, two things jumped out.First, while Woods acknowledged having already spent time in rehab and said he had scheduled an immediate return, never did he identify the type of rehabilitation he was undergoing. It...

Monday Pin Placement: Yang Is Champ

Every Monday during the PGA Tour season, Monday Pin Placement will run as a wrap-up of the weekend's action. Basically, we'll focus on what you may have missed while you were out grinding on the putting green.Yang Holds on in Florida -- Before Sunday, Y.E. Yang was a name most golf fans probably had never heard of. A star...

Erik Compton, On His Third Heart, Makes Up Seven Shots To Advance at Q-School

Nobody really gave the guy a chance. It was a good story, sure. And yeah, he was healthy and playing the game he loved. But how was a guy playing on his third heart really going to compete in the most grueling hike in sports?Erik Compton made us all realize how wrong we were. Seven shots back in the final round of the...

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06/02/12 FedEx St. Jude field is complete Source: The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN Davis Love III, Scott Verplank, J.B. Holmes and Erik Compton were added to the FedEx St. Jude Classic player list Friday, the deadline for entering the annual PGA Tour stop in Memphis.
06/01/12 Shawn Mitchell on how Erik Compton Source: Golf Observer Erik Compton played a scorching back nine yesterday at Muirfield Village Golf Club.He birdied five of the final nine holes on his way to a 32, and he finished his opening round at 5-under-par 67 to trail Memorial Tournament leader Scott Stallings by one stroke.
06/01/12 Stallings leads Memorial; McIlroy recovers Source: The Inter Mountain - Elkins WV Erik Compton considers the Memorial a special week no matter how he plays, knowing his second heart transplant came from a donor in Ohio. The opening round was even sweeter with three birdies on the back nine late Thursday afternoon at Muirfield Village for a 5-under 67, leaving him one-shot out of the lead after a day that featured a timely rally by Rory McIlroy and a surprising departure by Phil Mickelson.
06/01/12 Mickelson withdraws because of fatigue Source: Bucyrus Telegraph Forum - Bucyrus OH Erik Compton considers the Memorial a special week no matter how he plays, knowing his second heart transplant came from a donor in Ohio. The opening round was even sweeter with three birdies on the back nine late Thursday afternoon at Muirfield Village for a 5-under 67, leaving him one-shot out of the lead after a day that featured a timely rally by Rory McIlroy and a surprising departure by Phil Mickelson.
05/31/12 Compton lurks one shot out of Memorial lead Source: WTGN TV - Chicago IL Erik Compton is rather fastidious about his practice time, keeping things short and efficient to avoid overtaxing a body that has withstood two heart transplants.