Michael Sims might look back with regret after his meltdown at the Mexico Open over the weekend, but he can say he left the course having been witness to golfing history.The event marked the first time a heart transplant recipient had won a Tour tournament at the professional level.Erik Compton, a 31-year-old American, received his first transplant in 1992 but that heart failed in 2008 and he had to undergo another transplant before defying all the odds and battling his way to earn a spot on the Nationwide Tour.“To win this is everything to me. I never thought I’d play golf again, at least not at this level, and I proved to myself I’m more than just a guy with two heart transplants,” he said.“This tournament has kind of summed up my life. There was a lot of adversity to overcome in this tournament just like what I’ve dealt with personally.”Compton finished at 17-under 271 at the El Bosque Country Club course. He earned $126,000 to jump from 15th to second on the money list with $215,709, nearly guaranteeing a 2012 PGA Tour card as a top-25 finisher on the developmental tour.He has also has made $83,962 this year in four PGA Tour starts and is now set to play in the PGA Tour’s AT&T National this week in Pennsylvania on a sponsors exemption.“The guys who see me inside the ropes see me as a regular golfer,” Compton added. “But at the end of the day when I put my head down I realise how lucky I am. To be able to say I’ll be playing on the PGA Tour only four years after my heart transplant is unbelievable. I don’t really know what my future is in life. Hopefully, I can get a win out on the PGA tour now.Meanwhile, Bermuda pro Sims will reflect on a tournament which could have established himself as one of the Tour’s leading players.He was the outright leader after 31 holes before his second round at the rain-interrupted event went pear-shaped with two bogeys and a double bogey in the space of five holes.His undoubted talent has never been questioned as he regularly shoots rounds in the 60s his first last Thursday was a five-under 67 but has failed to continue that kind of form over the weekend.It’s happened already three times this season when he’s slipped out of the top ten over the final two days.And it happened again in Mexico where he finally finished in a tie for 29th along with Australian Adam Bland who had shared the lead with the 32-year-old Sims on Friday afternoon before he too plummeted down the leaderboard.Both finished with a cheque of $4,573. With a top ten placing, both would have pocketed $19,600.That payday, however, did move Sims into the top 100 moneywinners on the Nationwide Tour for the first time.With no tour events scheduled for the next two weeks, Sims will get chance to work on his game before he tees it up at the Chiquita Classic in Maineville, Ohio on July 14.After that Nationwide tournaments are scheduled every week until September 1.