He attended Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and was a member of the golf team.

He was a teammate of future fellow PGA Tour players Joe Inman and Lanny Wadkins.

He had more than 70 top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events during his career winning three times.

[2] Thompson was inducted into the Wake Forest University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997.

this list may be incomplete Senior PGA Tour playoff record (2–0) Note: Thompson never played in The Open Championship CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place