From Tooraneena to PGA Tour glory: Seamus Power is a product of West Waterford roots

Power become just the sixth Irishman to win on the PGA Tour after Darren Clarke, Pádraig Harrington, Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy, and Shane Lowry

Seamus Power poses with the Barbasol Championship trophy at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

All going well, Seamus Power will be back at West Waterford Golf Club at some stage over the next few days and it will be one hell of a party as he celebrates his monumental breakthrough win at the Barbasol Championship in Kentucky on Sunday.

Ten years after he turned professional and nearly five years after he first secured his PGA Tour card via the second tier Korn Ferry Tour and went on to represent Ireland in the Olympic Games, it’s only fitting that he takes the next three weeks off before returning to prepare for the FedEx Cup Playoffs at the wonderful Eddie Hackett creation where he began the game as a 12-year-old with a hurling grip and a thirst to succeed.