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Heart transplant recipient falls short in Q-school
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Associated Press
Saturday November 15, 2008, 11:07 PM
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. -- Erik Compton, playing six months after a second heart transplant, failed to advance by one shot in the second stage of PGA Tour qualifying after he closed with a 1-over 73 on Saturday.
Compton was tied for 13th going into the final round at Southern Hills Plantation Club, but he had two bogeys in the opening three holes and never quite caught up. He was even at the turn but bogeyed the 15th and finished with three pars for a 6-under 282 to tie for 22nd.
Only the top 20 and ties advance to the final stage of Q-school next month in California.
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Heart transplant Compton makes cut
by Jeff Shain, McClatchy Newspapers
Saturday November 08, 2008, 8:35 PM
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- This time, Erik Compton left no doubt.
With darkness beginning to encroach over Disney World, the Miami golfer stood 29 feet, 1 inch from giving his improbable story an extended stay on the PGA Tour.
Get the ball in the hole in two strokes, and he would survive Friday's 36-hole cut.
Then again, who needs two?
Showing no sign of anxiousness, Compton watched as his putt curled left and into the hole for a crowning birdie. Completing a 4-under-par 68, that newly transplanted heart earned two more days at the Children's Miracle Network Classic.
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• Hong Kong teen youngest to make cut on Euro Tour 11/21/2008, 6:19 a.m. EST
HONG KONG (AP) A Hong Kong teenager became the youngest player to ever make the cut at an European Tour event on Friday, breaking the record set by current world No. 2 Sergio Garcia.
• Sorenstam has some work to do at ADT Championship 11/20/2008, 7:34 p.m. EST
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Annika Sorenstam arrived at the first tee Thursday morning, shook a few hands and got a kiss on the cheek from Donald Trump.
• Sorenstam has some work to do at ADT Championship 11/20/2008, 5:04 p.m. EST
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Annika Sorenstam arrived at the first tee Thursday morning, shook a few hands and got a kiss on the cheek from Donald Trump.
• Sorenstam has some work to do at ADT Championship 11/20/2008, 4:15 p.m. EST
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Annika Sorenstam's farewell to the LPGA Tour could come two days earlier than she hoped.
• Daly shoots 68 in Hong Kong Open 11/20/2008, 1:56 a.m. EST
HONG KONG (AP) John Daly shot a 2-under 68 on Thursday to finish four strokes behind leader Liang Wen-chong halfway through the first round of the Hong Kong Open.
• Sorenstam set for LPGA farewell this weekend 11/19/2008, 5:22 p.m. EST
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Annika Sorenstam typically asks for no more than 10 tournament passes in a normal week, enough to accommodate close friends and family.
• LPGA offers 31 tourneys in '09, down from 34 11/19/2008, 2:37 p.m. EST
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) The LPGA Tour will offer three fewer official events in 2009, the latest result of the global economic downturn and its effect on pro sports.
• Pressel aims for $1 million finish at ADT 11/18/2008, 5:17 p.m. EST
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Morgan Pressel has playing privileges at Trump International, meaning she can get on the lavish course whenever she wants.
• Ballesteros out of intensive care 11/18/2008, 11:34 a.m. EST
MADRID, Spain (AP) Golf great Seve Ballesteros was released from intensive care Tuesday following brain surgery on a malignant tumor.
• Buick to scale back on courtesy cars at tourneys 11/17/2008, 7:30 p.m. EST
(AP) In another sign of fragile financial conditions, some PGA Tour events are trying to figure out transportation for players after learning over the weekend that Buick will not be providing courtesy cars to most tournaments next year.
• Stanford holds off Sorenstam in Mexico 11/16/2008, 8:12 p.m. EST
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) Annika Sorenstam nearly holed her third shot on the par-5 18th, then lipped out a 9-foot birdie try to give Angela Stanford a one-stroke victory Sunday in the inaugural Lorena Ochoa Invitational.
• Stanford's 69 good enough to win Ochoa 11/16/2008, 6:58 p.m. EST
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) Angela Stanford shot a 3-under 69 to hold off Annika Sorenstam and win the Lorena Ochoa Invitational on Sunday.
• Sorenstam 1 stroke back in Mexico 11/15/2008, 7:53 p.m. EST
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) Annika Sorenstam made up five strokes on leader Angela Stanford on Saturday in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, shooting a 5-under 67 to cut her deficit to just a stroke with one round left.
• Compton misses advancing by 1 shot 11/15/2008, 7:19 p.m. EST
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (AP) Erik Compton, playing six months after a second heart transplant, failed to advance by one shot in the second stage of PGA Tour qualifying after he closed with a 1-over 73 on Saturday.
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