"I heard the phone ring and my wife screaming, and I knew either it was a very happy thing or a very bad thing."

Steve Elling with the amazing story of Erik Compton, who fought off fatigue from four days of Memorial play, a disastrous night's sleep and all the other baggage that comes with working off of heart number three to qualify for the U.S. Open Monday.

And Alex Miceli throws in this other little oddity that only makes Compton's achievement more impressive:

Compton’s caddie, Ron Levin, left after 12 holes of the afternoon round to catch a flight to Memphis for the St. Jude Classic so he could caddie for his full-time player Todd Hamilton. According to Levin, Compton found a spectator to carry his bag for the remaining holes.