Compton still playing golf, 30 years after 1st transplant

Published February 25, 2022 2:07 PM

By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Sports Writer

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Erik Compton is going to have a great Saturday even without playing golf. He didn’t make the cut at the Honda Classic so he won’t be playing a third round at PGA National. He’ll have to settle for it being the 30th anniversary of his getting a second chance at life. Feb. 26, 1992, was the day that Compton got the first of two heart transplants. He needed them after he was diagnosed with viral cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart becomes inflamed and cannot effectively pump blood.

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