PGA Tour player arrested and taken to jail after allegedly throwing wife to wall
PGA Tour golfer Erik Compton has been arrested following a domestic dispute at the weekend.
PGA Tour golfer Erik Compton has been arrested and jailed following a domestic dispute over the weekend.
The news was confirmed via a report from local station WSVN.
Compton, 43, allegedly threw his wife into a wall and he then sent her mobile phone into their swimming pool after an argument broke out at their house.
The PGA Tour player has been charged with domestic battery and strongarm robbery.
Compton, who is ranked 1,065th in the world rankings right now, has only played in two PGA Tour events this season.
He finished T29 at the Corales Puntacana Championship and T63 at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
PGA golfer Erik Compton was arrested over the weekend for allegedly throwing his wife into a wall and her cellphone into their SW Miami-Dade pool, as the two argued. He was taken to jail by Miami-Dade Police and charged with domestic battery and strong arm robbery. @wsvn pic.twitter.com/gTel03MZTx
— Sheldon Fox-7 News (@fox_sheldon) August 21, 2023
Compton played in two PGA Tour events last season and missed the cut in both of them at the Honda Classic and Charles Schwab Challenge.
Although he has never won on the PGA Tour during his career, Compton has one Korn Ferry Tour victory to his name coming at 2011 Mexico Open.
That tournament is now a PGA Tour event on the schedule, and it was this year won by Tony Finau.
Compton also has three wins to his name on the Canadian Tour with victories coming in 2003 and 2004.
He also won twice on the NGA Hooters Tour, and he also won the 2005 Hassan II Trophy in Morocco, a tournament that now finds itself on the PGA Tour Champions.
Compton was diagnosed with viral cardiomyopathy when he was young, and he has undergone two heart transplants.
The first was in 1992 when he was 12 years old, and the second was in 2008.
News emerged earlier this month that two-time major champion Angel Cabrera is targeting a return to the sport after coming out of prison.
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