Power secures tour card in style

West Waterford’s Seamus Power shot a blemishless final round of three under par 68 over the fearsome Champions Course at PGA National, West Palm Beach, Florida, yesterday to take a massive step towards achieving his ambition of claiming a place on the lucrative US PGA Tour.

The 27-year-old, now resident in Charlotte, North Carolina, took on and beat the dreaded Jack Nicklaus-created “Bear Trap” to tie for fifth place in the Web.com qualifier and so earn a very strong card on the US secondary tour in 2015.

Power, a former three-time winner of the Irish Youths Championship and a product of St Augustine’s College, Dungarvan, and East Tennessee State University, produced the finest golf of his life at the qualifier, shooting six straight below par rounds of 68, 70, 71, 68, 68 and 68 over the Fazio and Champions courses at PGA National.