Séamus Edmond Power (born 4 March 1987) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, where he achieved a career-high ranking of World No.28. A two-time PGA Tour winner, his notable achievements include winning the 2021 Barbasol Championship and the 2022 Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
Early life and amateur career Power was born in Waterford, Ireland, and has two elder brothers: twins Jack and Willie. His mother Philomena died when he was eight years old, leaving his father Ned, a small farmer from Tooraneena, to provide for the family. He was an ambidextrous hurler during his youth, and started playing golf at West Waterford Golf Club when he was 12. Ned later took on a second job as a welder at Boston Scientific to allow Power to travel to junior golf tournaments across Ireland.
Following a decorated junior amateur career that included three consecutive Irish Youths Championship victorire, Power was recruited to play college golf at East Tennessee State University (ETSU). He received his scholarship offer after fellow Irish golfer Rory Mcllroy, who had initially signed a letter of intent with the university, vacated the spot to turn professional instead. Power won five individual collegiate titles for the Buccaneers, including the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship in 2007 and 2010. He graduated from ETSU in 2011 with a first-class honors degree in accounting.
Professional career After graduating from ETSU, Power played on various 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.
He recorded two top-10 finishes on the Web.com Tour in 2015 and finished 72nd on the money list, re-earning his playing a card for 2016. In May 2016, he won the United Leasing & Finance Championship, becoming the first Irish player to win on the Web.com Tour. Later that summer, following the high-profile withdrawals of Rory Mcllroy and Shane Lowry over Zika virus concerns, Power represented Ireland at the 2016 Olympic tournament in Rio de Janeiro, performing strongly to finish tied for 15th place.
In July 2021, Power won his first PGA Tour event at the Barbasol Championship, defeating J.T. Poston on the sixth extra hole of a sudden-death playoff. The victory made him just the third contemporary golfer from Republic of Ireland to win a modern-era PGA Tour titles, joning Pádraig Harrington and Shane Lowry. Power broke into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in his career on 17 January 2022, following a third-place finish at the Sony Open in Hawaii.
He enjoyed a career-best run in Major championship during the 2022 season. In March, he earned his maiden Masters Tournament appearance after reaching the quarter-finals at the 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. He then recorded his first career top-10 finish in a Major by tying for 9th place at the 2022 PGA Championship, before following it up with a tied-12th finsish at the 2022 U.S. Open.
In October 2022, Power won his second PGA Tour event at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, carding three rounds of 65 en route to a one-stroke victory over Thomas Detry. In January 2023, he made his international team play debut representing Great Britain and Ireland in the inaugural Hero Cup. Prior to the 2023 Masters Tournament, Power became just the third individual in tournament history to record back-to-back holes-in-one during the traditional Par 3 Contest.
Professional wins (7) PGA Tour wins (2) No.DateTournament Winning score Margin ofvictoryRunner-up 118 Jul 2021Barbasol Championship−21 (65-68-67-67=267)Playoff J. T. Poston230 Oct 2022Butterfield Bermuda Championship−19 (65-65-65-70=265)1 stroke Thomas Detry
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12021Barbasol Championship J. T. PostonWon with par on sixth extra hole
Web.com Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up11 May 2016United Leasing & Finance Championship−12 (69-70-70-67=276)1 stroke Cody Gribble, Jonathan Randolph, Adam Schenk
eGolf Professional Tour wins (4) No.DateTournament Winning score Margin ofvictoryRunner-up 130 Mar 2012River Run Classic−16 (64-66-70=200)2 strokes Cam Burke222 Jun 2012Spring Creek Classic−16 (67-64-66=197)5 strokes Drew Weaver328 Mar 2014Cowans Ford Open−10 (70-67-69=206)4 strokes David Sanchez412 Jul 2014Southern Open−21 (67-65-66-65=263)1 stroke Vaita Guillaume
Results in major championships Tournament2022202320242025Masters TournamentT27T46PGA ChampionshipT9CUTCUTU.S. OpenT12CUTCUTThe Open ChampionshipCUTCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Results in The Players Championship Tournament20192020202120222023202420252026The Players ChampionshipT35CT33CUTT64CUTT70
"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 Tournament 20222023Match PlayQFT31ChampionsNT1 1Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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 Amateur European Boys' Team Championship (representing Ireland): 2005 European Youths' Team Championship (representing Ireland): 2006
Professional Hero Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2023
See also 2016 Web.com Tour Finals graduates 2017 Web.com Tour Finals graduates
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