Seamus Power - PGA Tour Winner 2021/22

Didn't stay up too late and didn't see any of his round (not sure if they showed any of it?), should be a good finish tonight but again won't watch too much of it. To me it looks like when the conditions are as perfect as they have been, the minimum score you need to be looking at is 5 under, at least birdying the 4 par fives and one of the 'short' par 4s. So anything less than that and you are most likely losing ground. Seamus 'only' shot 4 under last night so dropped down. I think he needs to be targeting 7 or 8 under tonight to climb back up the leaderboard. As someone else mentioned didn't think we would be saying that about Seamus this time last year, shows you the progress he has made. Looks like a shoot out between Smith and Rahm. The roll of the ball on some of those holes is incredible, the ball seems to go on forever.

Mighty show from Seamus. Apart from tame first round -where the double bogey was a killer- he played the last three rounds bogey free in 18 under. It was like a mini major with 17 of the top 20 there and Seamus didn't look out of place. If he can sharpen up his mid range putting a little he should contend quite frequently this season.

Just saw where Schauffele eagled the last -the 675 yard par 5 ! -just shows you what you're up against trying to win out there.

Seamus picked up 5 OWGR points last night and moved up to 63rd in the world. He’s in full events with full points for the next 6 weeks so a couple of top 20s and probably a top 10 in his next 6 events could see him sneak into Augusta. It would be true Seamus fashion to get in at 50 to get the last spot.

Great stuff from him over the last few days as well. It would have been very easy for him to just turn up and play around quietly to pick up some money but his demeanour has changed so much since this time last year. He’s got an air of confidence around him now and the golf he’s playing is different level it has to be said. The guys who used to appear on here on Sunday nights taking the piss have gone very quiet all of a sudden.

It's incredible that a year ago I was delighted if I heard he made a cut and even if he didn't pick up ranking points after making it I still right it was positive - a good sign. Now we're talking about him having high finishes in big events with a view to making the masters. He's really shifted our expectations on him.

If Seamus is inside the top 60 by mid May he will qualify for the US Open in Brookline in June. That would be some achievement and with a Boston crowd he’d nearly have a bigger following than some of the Americans. I’m booking flights this week as I was planning on going over to see some friends this summer anyway so I may as well combine the two.

That’s good to hear regarding the points Seamus probably needs to get into the top 50. I had it that he’d need 24+ not including the 5 he picked up at the weekend. It seems like a small number of points in the difference (20 vs 16) but they’re not easy to come by. I didn’t know his divisor will stay at 40 for 5+ events, can you explain that part?

Seamus is a totally different player mentally and physically from what we saw previously. He had a couple of poor coaches for a couple of years that probably set him back further than first thought. He employed that conman Nick Bradley up until a year or so ago and no surprise when he sacked him things started to improve.

The mental side of it is so important as well. When results started to improve slowly, the pressure started to lift and that’s massive for the guys fishing at shallow end of things on tour. Not knowing where or when he was going to be playing next, Monday qualifiers and driving/flying to tournaments as an alternate. I mentioned it before but Seamus was an alternate for a tournament so jumped in his car and drove 5 hours to get to the tournament the day before it started. He got in and played crap for two days & missed the cut. Those kind of things would destroy you mentally.

Something clicked last year and Seamus has made no secret that it was Bob Rotella that made it happen. The turnaround in his career has been remarkable it really has. From talking to those close to him, the difference in him personally has been unreal as well. Much happier with everything he’s doing now compared to before. Imagine knowing you have that talent but can’t translate it into results? Ability wise I’m serious when I say it, he’s up there with the very best of them. I’ve said it before here and I’ll keep saying it he’s going to win again and I think we’ll see a serious push for the Ryder Cup in Rome.

Brilliant analysis. From his schedule then, it looks as though his divisor is going to increase before the masters - it looks like he's going to play 8 or 9 events between now and the end of March. Is it possible that he could end up in a position where he needs to "mind his handicap" and not play in some events to be certain of staying in the Top 50?

A couple under is average enough today but still in good shape to contend at the weekend. Go Seamus.

A great finish last night and now he’s still in with a shout today. Friday could come back to haunt him though. Just shows how hard the game is when Seamus and Na were -16 between them on day 1 then -1 between them day 2.

-34 for his last 7 rounds of golf is just unbelievable stuff from Seamus and that’s with a couple of disappointing rounds thrown comparative to how well he’s playing at the moment. It just shows the last 12 months aren’t a fluke and he’s really a a fully fledged elite player now.

A buddy of mine in America has been hearing more and more about him in the media over there and it’s primarily down to his name and his nationality, his golf is starting to take more of the focus though. Big night ahead of us now for those brave enough to stay up for it.