'Winning freed me up to play Seamus Power golf'

The PGA Tour winner has not forgotten the darker days when he skipped tournaments for fear of missing the cut.

The K Club is delighted to announce that it has signed PGA star Seamus Power as its touring professional. The partnership between The K Club and the Waterford-born golfer will last up until the end of the 2023 season. The association with one of Irish golf’s brightest stars comes at the perfect time for The K Club. Power has had an electric start to the 2022 season, climbing to 45th in the world rankings on the back of a series of outstanding performances, with three top 10s including a third-place finish at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Pictured during a practice round at The K Club in Straffan, Kildare, is Seamus Power. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile 

Seamus Power looks every inch the million dollars-plus he has already earned in prize money this season as he sits in the Palmer Clubhouse at the K Club, yet the newly-minted PGA Tour winner has not forgotten the darker days when he skipped tournaments for fear of missing the cut.

Power, 34, is a product of West Waterford Golf Club but his arrival this week at the venue that wants to get back to hosting professional tour events marked a journey coming full circle. As a kid he was behind the ropes at a European Open staged here but today he has the K Club logo sewn proudly above the Irish Tricolour on his Tour bag to mark the start of a two-year attachment to the Co. Kildare hotel and golf resort.