Seamus Power books his place in 2024 US Open
Waterford's Seamus Power will make his third US Open appearance next week at Pinehurst in North Carolina.
Touraneena's Seamus Power will be in the field for the US Open at the famous Pinehurst No. 2 course in North Carolina.
The West Waterford GC man booked his place after finishing tied-first at the Columbus qualifier in Ohio State on Monday night (Irish time).
With five spots up for grabs at the 36-hole qualifier, Power shot 64-68 to finish tied-first alongside Justin Lower on 10-under par.
The Waterford man birdied the final hole to avoid a play-off for the final three spots and book his spot in the field in North Carolina.
It will be Power's third successive appearance at a US Open. He finished a superb tied-12th in Brookline in 2022 before missing the cut last year at Los Angeles Country Club.
It will be Seamus' ninth major appearance in all having competed in all four for the past two seasons before not making it to the start line in either of this year's majors, the Masters or the US PGA.
The two-time PGA Tour winner is currently ranked 118th in the world after an injury hit 2023 and a slow start to 2024 but a T12 at the Heritage and a T16 at the Wells Fargo in Quail Hollow have shown a return to form.
He will be one of four Irish men in the 2024 US Open. Rising star Tom McKibbin qualifying through the Walton Abbey tournament last month and he and Power will join Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry in teeing off at the legendary Donald Ross designed course in North Carolina, which held the US Open previously in 1999, 2005 and 2014.
