Séamus Power (golfer)

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Séamus Power
Personal information
Born (1987-03-04) 4 March 1987 (age 35)
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
Former tour(s)Web.com Tour
Professional wins6
Highest ranking45 (13 February 2022)[1]
(as of 13 March 2022)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other4

Séamus Power (born 4 March 1987) is an Irish professional golfer.

Early life and amateur career[]

Power was born in Waterford, Ireland.

Power played college golf at East Tennessee State University where he won five times including the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship in 2007 and 2010.[2]

Professional career[]

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.[3]

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.[4] In May 2016, he won the United Leasing & Finance Championship, becoming the first Irish player to win on the Web.com Tour.[5][6] Power also represented Ireland in the 2016 Olympic tournament.[7]

In July 2021, Power won his first PGA Tour event at the Barbasol Championship.[8] He won the event on the sixth extra hole of a playoff.[8] 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.[9]

Professional wins (6)[]

PGA Tour wins (1)[]

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

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)[]

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)[]

  • 2012 River Run Classic, Spring Creek Classic
  • 2014 Southern Open, Cowans Ford Open

Results in The Players Championship[]

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022
The Players Championship T35 C T33
  Did not play

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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Week 7 2022 Ending 13 Feb 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Prise, Kevin (14 April 2015). "Q&A: Seamus Power". PGA Tour.
  4. ^ "Seamus Power – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  5. ^ Thompson, Royce (1 May 2016). "Power becomes first Irish winner in Web.com Tour history". PGA Tour.
  6. ^ "Seamus Power wins United Leasing & Finance Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Who Is Seamus Power? Ireland's Unknown Golf Olympian". Balls. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Seamus Power outlasts J.T. Poston in playoff to win Barbasol Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  9. ^ "'It's new territory for me' - Seamus Power on cracking top 50 in the world for the first time". the42. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

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