Compton After Win: "I’m a player now."

Sean Martin talked to the amazing double heart-transplant recipient Erik Compton about his Nationwide Tour win at altitude, likely securing him a PGA Tour card for next year.

The Mexico Open was the 31-year-old’s first Nationwide Tour victory. The $126,000 first-place check virtually ensures Compton will earn his first PGA Tour card at season’s end. He’s now No. 2 on the Nationwide Tour money list with $215,709.

“I’ve played on sponsor invites, and people have always given me a hard time that I’m ‘the heart guy,’ ” Compton said. “I got that monkey off my back. I’m a player now.