Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Tiri vaseki nokuda kwavatambi vanotamba nomwoyo wose. Muchiitiko chaErik Compton, ita kuti huve huzhinji: mwoyo. Vhiki rino achatamba muMasters kekutanga kechitatu. Uyu murwi ane makore 35 okukura angada kuzivikanwa nokuda kwegolfu yake pane zvaaifanira kukurira kuti awane nzvimbo mumunda. Asiwo Compton haanyari kugoverana nhau yake. Erik Compton anogovera joke naJim Furyk mukati momutambo wokurovedza paAugusta pamberi peMasters. Kuisira mwoyo kokutanga pazera ramakore 12, ipapo wechipiri muna 2008 pashure pokurwara zvikuru nomwoyo - izvo vanachiremba vanodana kuti'muiti wechirikadzi' - apo vaityaira kuenda kumba vachibva kuchikoro nomurairidzi wenguva refu neshamwari yapedyo Charlie DeLucca. Ave achiedza kuwana nguva yakarasika chifo chenguva iyoyo. 'Zvakaoma, asiwo chinhu chikuru,' Compton akadaro musi weMuvhuro mushure mokurovedza muAugusta National. 'Ndine mativi maviri. Ndiri mukwikwidzi uye ndiri munhu wemitambo, uye ndiriwo munhu akaitwa maekisesaizi maviri, uye ndinoziva zvinobatanidzwa. Saka paunozviisa pamwe chete, zvinogadzira spaghetti duku mupfungwa dzangu pane dzimwe nguva unoziva.' 'Ndichaitora,' akawedzera imwe nguva gare gare. Hazvina kuita sokuti Compton aiva nesarudzo. Akapora kubva mukukanganisa kwake kwehuduku kuti ave weNo. 1 junior muUnited States pazera remakore 18, ipapo kaviri All-American kuGeorgia. Compton, ane makore 35, akagadzirirwa kuita chitarisiko chake chokutanga pamutambo wakakurumbira vhiki rino. Asi akapedza makore akawanda ari pakati nepakati achirwisana mumakwikwi maduku, ipapo achiva mutsigiri nomutauriri weDonate Life, mubatanidzwa wemapoka omunyika nemunzvimbomo anokwidziridza zivo pamusoro pechipo chomuviri nemitezo. Nenzira yakaisvonaka, kuoneka kwake kwokutanga muMasters kunobatana noMwedzi Wokupa Upenyu. Asi yatova nhimbe yenguva yakazara yaCompton - ave achiratidza chiratidzo chesangano racho pahembe yake kwenguva yakati. Nhamburiko dzose idzodzo dzakabhadhara migove mikuru gore rapera, apo akazviitira nzvimbo paPGA Tour uye akapotsa abira kuratidzira paUS Open. Kuguma kwake somumhanyi wechipiri paPinehurst kwakasundira Compton nenyaya yake mucherechedzo - uye kwakamuwanira...
Erik Compton akaisirwa mwoyo kaviri, wokupedzisira muna 2008. Compton, zvino ari pamwoyo wake wechitatu, akagadzirira kuita kutanga kwake kuAugusta. Uyu ane makore 35 okuberekwa ariwo mushandirwi wesangano rinoyamura rinonzi Donate Life. Kuoneka kwake kwokutanga paMasters kunobatana neMwedzi Wokupa Upenyu.