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Séamus Power (golfer)

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Séamus Power
Personal information
Full nameSéamus Edmond Power
Born (1987-03-04) 4 March 1987 (age 37)
Tooraneena, County Waterford, Ireland
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight200 lb (91 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationality Ireland
ResidenceLas Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Career
CollegeEast Tennessee State University
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Former tour(s)Web.com Tour
eGolf Professional Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking28 (20 November 2022)[1]
(as of 17 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour2
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other4
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT27: 2022
PGA ChampionshipT9: 2022
U.S. OpenT12: 2022
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2022, 2023

Séamus Edmond Power (born 4 March 1987) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. His notable achievements include winning the 2021 Barbasol Championship and the 2022 Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

Early life and amateur career

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Power was born in Waterford, Ireland, and has two elder brothers, twins Jack and Willie. Power's mother Philomena died when he was eight years old, leaving his father Ned, a small farmer from Tooraneena, to provide for the family.[2] Power was an ambidextrous hurler during his youth, and started playing golf at West Waterford Golf Club when he was 12.[3] Ned later started an additional job as a welder at Boston Scientific to allow Power to travel to junior golf tournaments across Ireland.[2]

Power was recruited to play college golf at East Tennessee State University where he won five times including the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship in 2007 and 2010.[4]

Professional career

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After graduating from ETSU, Power played on mini-tours while attempting to qualify for the Web.com Tour. He won two events on the eGolf Professional Tour in 2014 and earned his Web.com Tour card for 2015 through qualifying school.[5]

Power had two top-10 finishes on the Web.com Tour in 2015 and finished 72nd on the money list, re-earning a card for 2016.[6] In May 2016, he won the United Leasing & Finance Championship, becoming the first Irish player to win on the Web.com Tour.[7][8] Power also represented Ireland in the 2016 Olympic tournament.[9]

In July 2021, Power won his first PGA Tour event at the Barbasol Championship.[10] He won the event on the sixth extra hole of a playoff.[10] In doing so, Power became the fifth player from the Republic of Ireland to win a PGA Tour event after Pat Doyle, Peter O'Hara, Pádraig Harrington and Shane Lowry. Power broke into the top 50 for the first time in his career on 17 January 2022, following a third-place finish at the Sony Open in Hawaii.[11] In March 2022, Power earned his maiden Masters Tournament appearance after making the quarter-finals at the 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.[12] Power made his third straight major cut, after finishing tied for 12th at the 2022 U.S. Open.[13]

In October 2022, Power won his second PGA Tour event at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. He shot three rounds of 65 en route to a one shot victory over Thomas Detry.[14] Prior to the 2023 Masters Tournament, Power became just the third individual to record back-to-back holes-in-one in the Par 3 Contest.[15]

Professional wins (7)

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PGA Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 18 Jul 2021 Barbasol Championship −21 (65-68-67-67=267) Playoff United States J. T. Poston
2 30 Oct 2022 Butterfield Bermuda Championship −19 (65-65-65-70=265) 1 stroke Belgium Thomas Detry

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2021 Barbasol Championship United States J. T. Poston Won with par on sixth extra hole

Web.com Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 1 May 2016 United Leasing & Finance Championship −12 (69-70-70-67=276) 1 stroke United States Cody Gribble, United States Jonathan Randolph,
United States Adam Schenk

eGolf Professional Tour wins (4)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 30 Mar 2012 River Run Classic −16 (64-66-70=200) 2 strokes Canada Cam Burke
2 22 Jun 2012 Spring Creek Classic −16 (67-64-66=197) 5 strokes United States Drew Weaver
3 28 Mar 2014 Cowans Ford Open −10 (70-67-69=206) 4 strokes United States David Sanchez
4 12 Jul 2014 Southern Open −21 (67-65-66-65=263) 1 stroke French Polynesia Vaita Guillaume

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2022 2023 2024
Masters Tournament T27 T46
PGA Championship T9 CUT
U.S. Open T12 CUT CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
The Players Championship T35 C T33 CUT T64
  Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place
CUT = missed the halfway cut
C = Cancelled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2022 2023
Match Play QF T31
Champions NT1

1Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  Top 10

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied NT = No tournament
Note that the Champions was discontinued from 2023.

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

  • Hero Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2023

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 47 2022 Ending 20 Nov 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Keogh, Brian (19 July 2021). "From Tooraneena to PGA Tour glory: Seamus Power is a product of West Waterford roots". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  3. ^ Small, Daragh (1 March 2023). "Power broker: How Pat Murphy created a West Waterford golf dynasty". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Digital Media Guide – Statistical leaders and records" (PDF). East Tennessee State Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  5. ^ Prise, Kevin (14 April 2015). "Q&A: Seamus Power". PGA Tour.
  6. ^ "Seamus Power – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  7. ^ Thompson, Royce (1 May 2016). "Power becomes first Irish winner in Web.com Tour history". PGA Tour.
  8. ^ "Seamus Power wins United Leasing & Finance Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Who Is Seamus Power? Ireland's Unknown Golf Olympian". Balls. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Seamus Power outlasts J.T. Poston in playoff to win Barbasol Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  11. ^ "'It's new territory for me' - Seamus Power on cracking top 50 in the world for the first time". the42. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Seamus Power seals Masters ticket as he makes last 16 in Austin". RTE. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  13. ^ Reid, Philip (20 June 2022). "Power to play the Travelers but has one eye on the Irish Open". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Seamus Power holds on to claim Bermuda Championship by one stroke". Yahoo! Sport. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Séamus Power sinks back-to-back holes-in-one in Masters Par 3 contest". the42. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  16. ^ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  17. ^ "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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