Compton Among The 25 Nationwide Grads Who'll Be Desperately Trying To Get In '11 West Coast Swing Events
/Pete Iacobelli reports on Erik Compton finishing 13th on the 2011 Nationwide Tour season money list, giving the two-time heart transplant recipient PGA Tour status in 2012.
Compton wasn't sure he'd ever play pro golf, let alone be member of the PGA Tour.
Yet the two-time heart transplant recipient finished off his dream Sunday. Compton mostly secured his spot in June when he won his first Nationwide title at the Mexico Open. He ended 13th overall with $239,737 to advance.
The 31-year-old Compton has played 30 career PGA events, but none with a tour card in his bag.
"It's a miracle," he said. "It really is a miracle what I've been able to achieve."
J.J. Killeen won the money title, which made him fully exempt on the PGA Tour and gave him entry into the The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in May.
With the final Nationwide event in the bag, Doug Milne offers this capsule of the top 25 Nationwide money makers who earn the right to play select West Coast swing events before being thrown to the trash heap who earned their tour cards.