Séamus Power (golfer)
Séamus Power | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland | 4 March 1987
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Residence | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
Career | |
College | East Tennessee State University |
Turned professional | 2011 |
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Former tour(s) | Web.com Tour |
Professional wins | 5 |
Highest ranking | 28 (20 November 2022)[1] (as of 25 August 2024) |
Number of wins by tour | |
Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
Other | 4 |
Séamus Power (born 4 March 1987) is an Irish professional golfer.
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]
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 Olympics.
Professional wins (5)
Web.com Tour wins (1)
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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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 |
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The Players Championship | T35 |
"T" indicates a tie for a place
See also
References
- ^ "Week 47 2022 Ending 20 Nov 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Prise, Kevin (14 April 2015). "Q&A: Seamus Power". PGA Tour.
- ^ "Seamus Power – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ Thompson, Royce (1 May 2016). "Power becomes first Irish winner in Web.com Tour history". PGA Tour.
- ^ "Seamus Power wins United Leasing & Finance Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 May 2016.
External links
- Séamus Power at the PGA Tour official site
- Séamus Power at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Irish male golfers
- East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's golfers
- PGA Tour golfers
- Olympic golfers of Ireland
- Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Korn Ferry Tour graduates
- Golfers from North Carolina
- Sportspeople from Waterford (city)
- Sportspeople from Charlotte, North Carolina
- 1987 births
- Living people
- European golf biography stubs
- Irish sportspeople stubs