Séamus Power (golfer)

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

Séamus Power
Personal information
Born (1987-03-04) 4 March 1987
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 ranking70 (21 November 2021)[1]
(as of 12 December 2021)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other4

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]

Power won his first PGA Tour event at the 2021 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.

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 J. T. Poston

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2021 Barbasol Championship 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 Cody Gribble, Jonathan Randolph,
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
The Players Championship T35

"T" indicates a tie for a place

See also

References
  1. "Week 47 2021 Ending 21 Nov 2021" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  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. "Seamus Power outlasts J.T. Poston in playoff to win Barbasol Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. Retrieved 18 July 2021.


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