Séamus Power | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Séamus Edmond Power |
Born | Tooraneena, County Waterford, Ireland | 4 March 1987
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st) |
Sporting nationality | Ireland |
Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
Career | |
College | East Tennessee State University |
Turned professional | 2011 |
Current tour(s) |
PGA Tour European Tour |
Former tour(s) |
Web.com Tour eGolf Professional Tour |
Professional wins | 7 |
Highest ranking | 28 (20 November 2022)
[1] (as of 2 June 2024) |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 2 |
Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
Other | 4 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | T27: 2022 |
PGA Championship | T9: 2022 |
U.S. Open | T12: 2022 |
The Open Championship | CUT: 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.
Power was born in Waterford, Ireland. He played college golf at East Tennessee State University where he won five times including the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship in 2007 and 2010. [2]
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] In March 2022, Power earned his maiden Masters Tournament appearance after making the quarter-finals at the 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. [10] Power made his third straight major cut, after finishing tied for 12th at the 2022 U.S. Open. [11]
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. [12] 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. [13]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 18 Jul 2021 | Barbasol Championship | −21 (65-68-67-67=267) | Playoff | J. T. Poston |
2 | 30 Oct 2022 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | −19 (65-65-65-70=265) | 1 stroke | Thomas Detry |
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2021 | Barbasol Championship | J. T. Poston | Won with par on sixth extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | 1 May 2016 | United Leasing & Finance Championship | −12 (69-70-70-67=276) | 1 stroke |
Cody Gribble,
Jonathan Randolph, Adam Schenk |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 30 Mar 2012 | River Run Classic | −16 (64-66-70=200) | 2 strokes | Cam Burke |
2 | 22 Jun 2012 | Spring Creek Classic | −16 (67-64-66=197) | 5 strokes | Drew Weaver |
3 | 28 Mar 2014 | Cowans Ford Open | −10 (70-67-69=206) | 4 strokes | David Sanchez |
4 | 12 Jul 2014 | Southern Open | −21 (67-65-66-65=263) | 1 stroke | Vaita Guillaume |
Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Masters Tournament | T27 | T46 | |
PGA Championship | T9 | CUT | |
U.S. Open | T12 | CUT | |
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT |
"T" = tied
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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The Players Championship | T35 | C | T33 | CUT | T64 |
"T" indicates a tie for a place
CUT = missed the halfway cut
C = Cancelled after the first round due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
Tournament | 2022 | 2023 |
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Match Play | QF | T31 |
Champions | NT1 |
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.
Amateur
Professional