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Erik Compton didn't mind being asked. As a matter of fact, he completely understood why the reporters asked. He just hoped that one day, the attention of people can focused on his skill instead the things that he escaped the twice chasing of death. So he played golf with a third heart. On Thursday of Virginia time, floridion went a step ahead. He played 63 shots in the Old White Course. And currently, he became one of two leaders of Greenbrier Classic.

 

Erik Compton finished 24 games of US PGA Tour in total. 7 under par was his lowest score until now. In the competitive course, he behaved the fortitude of life. Even though he swollowed double bogeys in the former two holes, he played 7 under par at the following 15 holes. "I hit balls to get very close to flagpole. Moreover, I got some good putts. I guess that I performed very well this round because of this," 30-year-old Erik Compton said.

 

Life should be so easy. However, the life of Erik Compton is obviously not so simple. In the pre-teen year old, he was diagnosed to have cardiomyopathy. His first changing heart came from 12-year-old girl who was knocked down to die by a drunk driver. Some two years ago, EriK Compton felt a pain in his chest when fishing. He knew what happened at once. So he drove to hospital. On the way to hospital, he called his parents. He thought maybe this was the last time to bid farewell to parents. But doctor let him calm down. Subsequently, he was very lucky to get another heart from a 26-year-old man who died in the Motorcycle accident in Ohio.

 

Erik Compton got married after second heart transport and became a father. Last year, during celebrating golf comptition, he met the family who donated heart. Until now, he still went to local hospital to check the body when participating in the game. His encounter made him soon become the person whom media was concerned about. Last month, when he got the qualification for U.S. Open and finally joined in race, he rallied more attention. HBO even did feature for him "in the Real Life".

 

"Since U.S. Open starting, many people initiatively approached me. I didn't expect that there were so many people. Some were handicapped; some lost relatives; and some were organ donors and donee." Few people around us had heart transplant surgery, not to mention the two heart transplant surgery. Therefore, it is not surprising that Erik Compton serving 20 pills one day can attract other people's attention. Moreover, he just came back from death, and he was so calm and cool.

 

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