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Found January 10, 2012 on ESPN:
PLAYERS: Erik Compton
All the rookies who are teeing it up this week at the Sony Open have their own tales of struggling to make it to the PGA Tour. None, though, have traveled the road taken by Erik Compton, writes ESPN.com's Bob Harig.
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