PGA Tour | Chris ReimerCHRIS REIMER: We welcome Erik Compton to the interview room here at the Sony Open in Hawai'i. Your thoughts on being here and playing this year?
ERIK COMPTON: It's competition. I always strive for the competition. I think, you know, a new year, I'm just excited, for one, to be healthy. I think it's exciting because it magnifies so much more, there's so many more people that are around the PGA TOUR. Obviously you get to play against the best players in the world, and you know, being at home, it's sort of funny because quote, unquote, you're a PGA TOUR player but in my mind, I always thought it was.
I think for me to be here it means so much for the people around me. You know, when I'm at home practicing where I grew up playing, or with the Charlie DeLucas of the world, the family over there, for them to finally see me as a PGA TOUR player; when I go to Doral and see Jim and spend time over there, they see me as a TOUR player and so you get a little different treatment, so that's kind of neat.
I think you know, starting the season, you see the interest in Titleist and you see the interest in the people that want to be involved in the story, and I think that's exciting. I think in the off season, I spend a lot of time not so much practicing but just getting my mind clear. Did some fishing and I knew just from experience, that if you get your card right off the Nationwide Tour, you're so jacked up that during the whole holiday season, you can wear yourself out.
I feel like now is the time to slowly get in the season and work your way into playing form and sometimes you play your best, like I did last year, early in the season. So hopefully I can get off to a good start and go from there.
Q. Have you ever been approached by Hollywood for a movie or something to tell your story.
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