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Power claims second PGA Tour title

Power claims second PGA Tour title
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Seamus Power picked up his second PGA Tour title in dramatic style at Port Royal Golf Course, Bermuda on Sunday evening.

Beginning the round tied for the lead with Benjamin Griffin on -18, Power carded his worst round of the weekend with 1-under 70, but it mattered little as the American had exploded on the back nine to remove himself from the conversation.

The opening nine holes saw the pair trade birdies and pars, with Griffing picking up four shots to move to -22 within six, with Seamus one shot behind.

Griffin was the first to blink however. The 26-year-old's wait will go on for a first PGA Tour win - his best result came at the Wyndham Championship where he finished fourth.

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Before making the turn, the former mortgage loan officer failed to make par on the 8th, opening the door to Power - but he quickly responded by birdying both the 10th & 11th to go to -23 with Power now three off the lead.

Griffin handed the trophy to the man from Touraneena after a horrendous run from 12 to 16.

Four straight bogeys were capped off by a double on 16 dropping him to -17 and forced to content himself with third.

Seamus meanwhile had dropped shots at 12, 15 and 16th. His saving grace though was the chip in from the first cut on 17 to leave a yard for birdie, with another shot picked up on 14 when he rolled a putt in from right to left - the ball circling around the lip before dropping.

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The West Waterford player said he made "hard work of it" when describing his battle with Griffin. Having already won the Barbasol Championship last summer, Power told Sky Sports Golf that this one felt "completely different, but just as special. I've played a lot of tournaments and it's only my second win in I don't know how many events. It's amazing, it's special - it's going to take a little while to sink in, but I'm absolutely over the moon".

One man who would easily be missed is the Belgian Thomas Detry was already in the club house when Power and Griffin were finishing their rounds, but he had jumped up thanks to Griffin's untimely demise.

When Power hit the front-facing slope on the 18th with his ball rolling all the way back the lengthy hill, you can be sure that Detry started to stretch and get ready for a playoff hole. Power however wasn't going to have it, and when facing his putt for bogey on 18, he gave it the most gentle of taps - no sense in chancing it at that stage.

One thing that Seamus will definitely be "over the moon" about is the $1,170,000 he is going to take home from that island in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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