article_snippet.sent: Erik Compton'll tee off this week at the Masters on Erik Compton third.
article_snippet.sent: Erik Compton shares a joke with Jim Furyk during a practice round at Augusta ahead of the Masters .
article_snippet.sent: It's hard, but It's also a great thing,' Erik Compton said on Monday after a practice round at Augusta National. '
article_snippet.sent: 'I'll take it,' Erik Compton added a moment later.
article_snippet.sent: Erik Compton, 35, is set to make Erik Compton first appearance at the famous tournament this week .
article_snippet.sent: Erik Compton runner-up finish at Pinehurst nudged Erik Compton and Erik Compton story into the spotlight - and earned Erik Compton an invitation to Augusta.
article_snippet.sent: It's a well-deserved reward to be sure, since all of Compton's wife, Barbara, and parents Peter and Eli had a hand in the push-pull climb toward the top of the golf hill.
article_snippet.sent: Six months after Hurricane Andrew hit the Miami area in 1992, forcing the family out of the family home and into temporary housing alongside a golf course near Doral, Peter Compton took Peter Compton to play a few holes. '
article_snippet.sent: Compton chats with Erik caddie as Erik walks the famous course ahead of Erik first ever round at the Masters .
article_snippet.sent: I'm here in the press room at the Masters, and that's a great thing,' Compton said. '
article_snippet.sent: I look at Compton as a golfer who has used golf as a means to maybe put some of the tough stuff that's happened to Compton in the past.
article_snippet.sent: Golf's been very therapeutic for Compton over the years. '
article_snippet.sent: As I'm sitting here today,' Compton concluded, 'I view Compton as somebody who is going to try to do the best Compton can to compete in the Masters.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Erik Compton, now on Erik Compton third heart, is ready to make Erik Compton Augusta debut .
  