Golf is one of the most difficult sports to master, if it can be mastered at all.

Every weekend the professionals you see on the PGA Tour do their best work chasing a little white ball around a gigantic piece of real estate. What doesn’t get a lot of coverage is how those pros have gotten to where they are today.  Most of them slugged it out on mini tours for years.

Erik Compton is among those who’ve made the progression to the PGA Tour. …