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Seamus Power - PGA Tour Winner 2021/22

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭billy3sheets


    46th: $55,800 -- Sepp Straka, Seamus Power ($54,000 each)

    Not a bad weekend's work!



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭Motivator


    Nice cheque but it wouldn’t even cover expenses for the week at the Masters.

    Seamus needs to start finding a bit of form now coming into the summer months. He’s hit a bit of a bad patch and some big tournaments coming up now in the next 2-3 months.



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭Motivator


    Awful start today for Seamus, +6 for his round including a triple bogey 7 on the 18th.

    His poor enough start to 2023 is continuing, maybe a week at one of the lesser events to get his confidence back is maybe what he needs. Statistically it’s one of his poorest few months for a long time. As I said a few days ago, this dip in form couldn’t be coming at a worse time. As he won’t qualify automatically he has to play his way into the Ryder Cup team and on current form you wouldn’t pick him. Plenty of time to turn it around but his form has been poor for a while now.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭abff


    I agree about his form, but expenses of over $50k for the week? How do you arrive at that figure?



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭Motivator


    Last year he rented 3 houses in Augusta, one of which was picked up by his sponsors I believe but he had friends and family over and as far as I know he looked after them. A house in Augusta for the week would run you $20,000 easily and then another one on top of it you’re edging ever closer to big, big money. He also flew out Liam Deasy, the head chef in the Old Head of Kinsale for the week to look after him and the group he had over there.

    As far as I know, they had the same arrangement last week. I know Liam went over to do all the food again for the week and friends and family were over again.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭billy3sheets


    Great to se Seamus back in the mix after a few poor tournaments.

    Rounds of -2, -1, -4 leaves him on -7 tied 12th in Quail Hollow.



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭Motivator


    A very solid week for Seamus at Quail Hollow. Some nice money earned and some nice FedEx points picked up also. Heading into the Byron Nelson now this week, it’s a tournament and course he likes so hopefully he puts in another solid week ahead of the PGA. The course up in Rochester should suit him and he performed very well last year in the PGA so you never know. He’s coming into his time of year now he’s played well the last 2 summers so a big few months ahead.

    I just wonder has the Ryder Cup taken too much of his focus. He’s absolutely desperate to make the team and his form may have suffered as a consequence. I think he’ll be on the team unless something drastic happens form wise or he gets an injury. He should be able to play without pressure as he has his card locked up and he’s inside the top 50 but this Ryder Cup thing is rumbling on for so long now and it’s not going away anytime soon so there has to be pressure associated with it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,807 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    285,000 dollars won at the weekend. Well done Seamus.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭Doc07


    Good 2nd round -5 today so top 20 heading into weekend, hopefully stays there or makes top10 and keeps his fed ex topped up, although scoring will be low I’d say.

    anyway he’s back in some reasonable form in time for the PGA next week



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭billy3sheets


    Looks like a great recovery. He started on the back 9 and was +2 after 4 holes. 7 birdies over next 14.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭billy3sheets


    I didn't see this but it looks horrific. One shot went 6 inches 😳




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭OEP


    I didn't see it either but it was probably a chip up a steep run off that rolled back down



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,476 ✭✭✭boardise


    Seamus talked a good game coming in -seemed pretty buoyed up but alas -----

    Thought he would have been well able to manage a cut of +5. And again he keeps racking up these wretched bogey 6s.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭dublin49


    Why do they jink themselves by" I CAN WIN THIS" quotes,keep it low key and if its your week ,share after the event.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,956 ✭✭✭The Big Easy


    They're not ringing the local newspaper, they do an awful lot of interviews, they have to say something



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭coillcam



    With a mic in your face and sponsors etc watching, you're hardly going to say: "Jaysus the back is twitchy and I'd 8 pints last night, haven't a hope of a top 10. Making the cut would be grand like". Any coach never mind a sports psychologist, will tell you to believe it and say it. "I can win this" is about as ABC 101 as it comes.

    I think I can win is about as standard as the same boring GAA/Soccer/Rugby interview that pops up weekly. Trust the process, great team of lads, respect the opposition, bounce of the ball, key decisions (blame ref) etc.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,212 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Seamus always seems to be out of form this time of year. In 2022 between the Wells Fargo and the end of the season he had one top ten, four missed cuts and three finishes of 30th or worse. That's in twelve tournaments. His best two finishes were in the PGA and US Open. It's like he's trying to be in prime condition for the Majors. Sometimes that works out, other times it's a disaster.

    That PGA was very difficult. Look at Jon Rahm who loves difficult courses and he had an awful championship. Tony Finau came into it in great form and finished on +15. Justin Thomas and Max Homa struggled mightily. Jason Day, Matt Fitzpatrick and Wyndham Clark were all recent winners with other top tens in recent weeks and they all missed the cut as did Mr Consistency Cam Young.

    I wouldn't pass any heed on how anybody played there.

    They'll get another crack at a brutal course in three weeks time and nobody knows anything about this course which will make it very interesting. It could be level par or worse that wins.



  • Registered Users Posts: 951 ✭✭✭Vinnie222


    Hard to see Power making the Ryder Cup. Looks like another missed cut



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,183 ✭✭✭DellyBelly


    Yeah...his form has fallen off a cliff...



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 351 ✭✭Scrabbel


    Pity, it'll come back but timing will be the problem alright.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭dublin49


    on current form neither hlm or Lowry are getting pick,



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭coillcam


    Lowry was one of the few players from Europe that took a point last time out. I dunno what his relationship with Luke Donald is like though but he might have some credit in the bank.

    There's time for both to regain some form but I'd be more concerned about Power. Regardless of selection, the USA team will absolutely star studded and favourite to win away.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 351 ✭✭Scrabbel


    Good to hear that he went to Baltusrol yesterday to follow Leona around.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    I don’t think Lowry’s form for the rest of 2023 matters. He’s an absolute cert to get a pick no matter what



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭abff


    I think there are five certainties to either qualify automatically or get a pick - Rahm, McIlroy, Hovland, Fitzpatrick and Hatton. Fleetwood and Rose are also likely to get a pick if they don’t qualify automatically. That leaves 5 places up for grabs and I can’t see Lowry falling far enough down the pecking order to not get picked unless 3 or more outsiders force their way into automatic qualification.

    Power, on the other hand, will require a dramatic improvement in form if he is going to be considered.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭dublin49


    and Lowry showed a bit of form today so you could be right



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,212 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Seamus needs to get going fast. He's on the verge of falling out of the top 50, currently 49th.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭Doc07


    Yes hopefully he can stop the rutt. I think Ryder cup is gone (unless he gets a win) and unless he does well in the Open he’ll be out of top 50 by end of July. However, a couple top 20s in regular pga evens before the playoffs start and he still will have a chance of top 30 FedEx which will be a fine season overall. He can then try and get back to top 50 by end of 2023 and secure the Masters again.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭abff


    Seamus is now down to 50th. This week represents an opportunity for him to turn things around. There’s only 9 players from the top 50 in the field, only one of whom is in the top 20.

    A top 5 would move him up a few places and give him some momentum before the Open.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,104 ✭✭✭blackwhite


    Looks like it'll be a birdie-fest this weekend, but solid start from Power so far. -4 through 5 holes



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,489 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    He was -6 through 8 but then the engine stalled. Finished -5 with a bogey on his last hole from the middle of the fairway.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,956 ✭✭✭The Big Easy


    The putter went cold, he was still hitting it in close, just didn't make anything after making a few early.

    It's amazing the amount of times he bogies or doubles the last!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭Doc07


    Hopefully he can find another -5 today or at least -3/4. A top 10 this week makes top30 FedEx cup a realistic goal again.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,489 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    Putter stone cold again today



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,183 ✭✭✭DellyBelly


    Unfortunately not doing anything again today...really needs to pick it uo



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,973 ✭✭✭Heighway61


    Seamus is tearing up the leaderboard today. -6 through 7.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,540 ✭✭✭✭fullstop


    finished with a 64 after going out in 29. T8 at the moment but realistically will end up somewhere between 20-25th



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,183 ✭✭✭DellyBelly


    Looks 13th...Great final round. Shame he didn't do a little better on the 2nd and 3rd round ...could easily have been top 5



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,540 ✭✭✭✭fullstop


    Good to hang in for top 15. There was a lot bunched behind him, thought more would pass with holes in hand



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭abff


    Seamus remains at 50th in the world rankings. He’s moved ahead of Patrick Reid, but Adam Schenk moved up from 51st to 45th with his T4 finish.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,044 ✭✭✭paulos53


    Seamus has withdrawn from the Scottish Open after 9 holes. Hopefully it is not serious and he will be fit for next week



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,588 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    From the 'Feed' stream on the ET webpage for the Scottish Open. This was also reported earlier on the BBC Sport app but they've pulled it for some reason. Hope he makes it to Hoylake next week.

    Some not so good news here - Séamus Power has had to retire from his round with a hip injury after playing the back nine this morning.

    https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/genesis-scottish-open-2023/



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,976 ✭✭✭RoadRunner


    That's got to be curtains on the ryder cup 😣



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭coillcam


    Balls that is not good. Hopefully it isn't a chronic injury.

    The skeptic in me suspects he's been playing injured for a while.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭abff


    It may explain his relatively poor form of late.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭coillcam


    It's not a massive stretch to think so but it is pure speculation. I've no evidence to support my argument. I just hope he's fit and healthy again soon.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,212 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    It might just be muscular and a couple of good physio sessions sorts it out.

    We really don't know. Seamus said he'll know more about it tomorrow and seemed to suggest he'll share it with the media.

    He's talked in the past about being right handed and left footed and how it means he has to do things differently with his hip.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭Doc07


    Hopefully he’s back quickly. If he can’t play (and place top 20) in the last couple PGA events before the playoffs I don’t think he will be able to make top 30 FedEx or top 50 world rankings by end of year which makes it tricky to get into the majors next year.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,588 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Earlier this morning, he was listed for practice rounds today at 8:40 and 11 a.m. but his name was subsequently pulled from the 11 a.m. slot. Which suggests that he did tee off at 8:40.

    If he was not fit to play then you'd expect there would have been an official announcement to that effect by now and one of the waitlisted players (of which Tom McKibbbin is one) could get the nod.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 405 ✭✭Innish_Rebel


    RTE interview he said he was feeling much better & expected to play...



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