ERIK COMPTON RUMORS & GOSSIP

Compton wins the Babe Zaharias Courage Award

Before he sets out to try to keep his PGA Tour card, Erik Compton received an award Wednesday that was just as meaningful. Compton, a two-time heart transplant recipient, was selected for the Mildred ''Babe'' Didrikson Zaharias Courage Award by the United States Sports Academy. The award is given to a person who shows courage in overcoming adversity to excel in sport...
Via AP on Fox
November 07, 2012  |  Discuss

Another rally for Erik Compton

Erik Compton keeps coming up clutch with a paycheck on the line. Compton returned Saturday morning to finish his second round at the Northern Trust Open. He holed a 25-foot par putt on the seventh hole, saved par from short of the eighth green, then made a 20-foot par putt on his final hole for a 72 to make the cut on the number. At the Sony Open this year, Compton finished birdie...
Via AP on Fox
February 18, 2012  |  Discuss

Compton's Round 2 finish Saturday saves him from cut

Erik Compton keeps coming up clutch with a paycheck on the line.
Via CBSSports
February 18, 2012  |  Discuss

Compton tales always involve his hearts (AP)

Justin Leonard finished hitting wedges on the range Sunday morning and had moved on to irons as he worked his way through the bag before the final round of the Sony Open. Erik Compton arrived and took the spot next to him. About 10 minutes later, Leonard was surprised to hear the sound of a shot from over his shoulder.
Via Yahoo! Sports
January 15, 2012  |  Discuss

Harig: Erik Compton begins 2012 as unlikely rookie

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.
Via ESPN
January 10, 2012  |  Discuss

Three stories stand above others in Nationwide graduating class

Erik Compton, Billy Hurley and Ted Potter earned their 2012 PGA Tour cards Sunday at the Nationwide finale, and while Compton's medical miracle is hard to top, Steve Elling says all three stories are incredible in their own right.
Via CBSSports
October 31, 2011  |  Discuss

Heart-transplant recipient Compton qualifies for PGA Tour

Two-time heart transplant recipient Erik Compton earned his PGA Tour card Sunday when he finished in the top 25 on the Nationwide Tour money list.
Via CBSSports
October 30, 2011  |  Discuss

Compton qualifies for PGA Tour

Two-time heart transplant recipient Erik Compton earned his PGA Tour card Sunday when he finished in the top 25 on the Nationwide Tour money list. Compton was 13th on the money list as the season closed with the Nationwide Tour Championship. His next official event will be in January at the PGA Tour's Sony Open in Honolulu Ken Duke played his way back to the PGA Tour with a...
Via AP on Fox
October 30, 2011  |  Discuss

25 Nationwide Tour golfers earn PGA Tour cards

Two-time heart transplant recipient Erik Compton earned his PGA Tour card Sunday when he finished in the top 25 on the Nationwide Tour money list.
Via ESPN
October 30, 2011  |  Discuss
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