Golf: Compton misses Open cut as luck runs out

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By Tony Jimenez HOYLAKE England (Reuters) - Lady luck smiled kindly on Erik Compton when he went close to achieving U.S. Open glory last month, but unfortunately she turned her back on the American at this week's British Open. The 34-year-old, who has had two heart transplants, inexplicably lost a ball early in his second round at Royal Liverpool before a triple-bogey six at the short 15th meant he missed the cut. "Sometimes the twin elements of good luck and bad luck have to match up in the game of golf and that didn't happen for me this week," Compton told Reuters in an interview after a five-over-par 77 gave him a four-over aggregate of 148.

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