PGA Tour golfer Erik Compton is dealing with home battery and theft expenses in Florida.
Police stated they arrested Compton, 43, at his house in Miami on Saturday after an argument along with his spouse.
In line with Miami-Dade police, Compton and his spouse had been having a verbal dispute when she started filming the trade together with her cellphone.
Compton allegedly took the telephone and threw it in a pool earlier than grabbing his spouse by the shoulder and pushing her right into a wall, based on authorities.
She left the house and known as the police from a buddy’s house.
Compton was charged with a felony depend of strong-armed theft and misdemeanor battery.
He was booked on the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Middle in Miami earlier than being launched on bond.
Compton has recorded no wins and 5 top-10 finishes in 168 profession begins on the PGA Tour. He tied for second on the 2014 U.S. Open received by Martin Kaymer at Pinehurst, N.C.
He appeared in two PGA Tour occasions in 2023, ending T-29 on the Corales Puntacana Championship in March and T-63 on the Charles Schwab Problem in Could.
Due to a situation known as viral cardiomyopathy, Compton underwent two profitable coronary heart transplants in 1992 and 2008.
—Area Stage Media
