Seamus Power - PGA Tour Winner 2021/22

It had the potential to be a great day for Irish golf but didn't go to plan. In fairness he was due a bad round but a lot of positives to take out of last week-showed great character to come back from that disastrous start;got more experience of playing in one of the last groups out on a Sunday;is continuing to put in consistently good rounds of golf and put himself in contention; has climbed up both the FedEx and World rankings.

I think this break is exactly what he needs but he has laid the foundations for a great season, his best as a professional, so lets hope he comes back playing as well as he has over the last few weeks.

It's been an amazing journey for Seamus over the past 6 months. He will de disappointed with yesterday but a bit of a break will allow him to take stock of the bigger picture and all that he has achieved lately. His current FedEx points total would leave him 106 on last years final table if he didn't lift a club for the rest of the year so that is a great achievement in January.

The only disappointment for me from yesterday was that he failed to fully nail down a position well inside the top 50 and by extension a masters spot. It's amazing how players can drop away quite quickly in the rankings if their form drops off so every point gained is important. For example, if you look at the world rankings from equivalent week 4 in 2019, you had Eddie Pepperill at 40 and he's now down to 409. Let's hope that Seamus can continue to prove that this current form is the new norm.

To be honest I think Lowry’s problem, and I don’t like saying it, is his fitness or rather lack of fitness. The days of Craig Stadler or Tim Herron type players are really gone. Nowadays there’s so much emphasis on mental as well as physical sharpness and you see it in sports like soccer where players get tired their mind can switch off. It’s no different in golf. A tired body can lead to a tired mind and while Lowry is naturally a big chap, his physique has got to count against him at that level I can’t see how it wouldn’t.

Pebble Beach next week. He's playing 7 of the 8 weeks including that up to the matchplay, missing out on the Honda.

It’s worth noting that the last time Seamus played Pebble Beach he was actually injured and still finished 38th. Now he’s such good form and he likes the course he could be in line for a good week.

How is he after getting so good lads?