Power Play 

Editor's note: This story, which originally published on May 20, is another installment in our annual Best Of The Year series. Throughout December, we will be bringing you the top GGP+ stories of 2022. 

TULSA, OKLAHOMA | A year ago, you could be excused for knowing little about Seamus Power other than he was an Irish professional competing on the PGA Tour in the U.S. Actually, you might not have known even that. In which case you certainly would not have known that Power (35) was world racquetball champion at the age of 11 and can throw a golf ball up in the air and hit it 200 yards right- or left-handed with the same club just by turning the club around. Oh, yes, and this time last year, he was 342nd in the world ranking.

Seamus Power, left, plays a practice round alongside Pádraig Harrington, Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy. Photo: Scott Michaux, Global Golf Post

Look at him now, up to 42nd in the world, laughing and smiling and looking at ease in the company of Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Pádraig Harrington, three countryme...