Séamus Power’s week at the Procore Championship ended in disappointment as the Waterford man shot a closing two-over 74 to fall 22 spots on the leaderboard and miss out on valuable FedEx ranking points as the season continues to wind down.
The Waterford man came into the final round knowing that a fast start could propel him towards what would’ve been a first top 10 since the Valspar Championship back in March, but instead, he carded three bogeys in the opening four holes.
Two birdies helped stem the bleeding, but these were followed by another three dropped shots either side of the turn, before he picked up two strokes over the closing four to finish tied for 47th and he now ranks 128th in the FedEx Fall Series, with the top 100 earning full PGA Tour cards for 2026 and the top 125 earning conditional status.
At the top of the leaderboard, Scottie Scheffler signed off on his final competitive appearance before joining Team USA at Bethpage in a week’s time by reeling in Ryder Cup teammate Ben Griffin and edging him by a shot.
“I kind of did my best to stay in my own world and keep making birdies,” said Scheffler, who carded a final-round 67 to overcome Ben Griffin’s starting two-shot lead, after his win. “Did a good job at staying patient and finished it off nice.”
After opening with a 70, which ended his streak of 21 straight rounds in the 60s, Scheffler improved with a 68 on Friday but still trailed second-round leader Griffin, his U.S. Ryder Cup teammate, by eight shots.
“I kind of assess the first couple rounds of the tournament, figure out what I did good, figure out what I could have improved on,” Scheffler said, reflecting on his mindset heading into the weekend. “I did a much better job staying patient and being committed over the weekend than I did the first couple days of the tournament.”
He came out charging with a third-round 64 – which included a double bogey – the lowest score on a Saturday where the field averaged 71.055. Playing in the penultimate group on Sunday, Scheffler opened with a 9-foot putt to save par. He made birdie putts from 11, 5 and 25 feet, on Nos. 3, 5 and 7, to make the turn in 32, still trailing Griffin by a shot. The turning point of the round came at the par-4 10th hole. Hitting out of the rough, Scheffler’s 82-yard approach shot trundled onto the green, rolled up to the hole and burned the edge. One tap-in birdie later, he was tied for the lead.
Scheffler’s lone bogey came at the 11th hole after three-putting from 11 feet. “The greens get pretty challenging,” he said. “There’s a lot of slope and the afternoon poa is always tough.” Scheffler inevitably bounced back with an up-and-down birdie on the next hole, the par-5 12th, and took his first solo lead of the tournament after Griffin bogeyed the 14th hole. His two-shot deficit at the beginning of the day became a two-shot lead with another birdie on 15. Griffin, however, answered with his own birdie on 15.
Scheffler made a trio of closing pars to finish at 19-under with a one-shot lead. Needing a birdie on 18 to force a playoff, Griffin could not answer the bell. And just like that, Scheffler captured his sixth victory this year and third win in five starts.
With his 19th PGA TOUR win, Scheffler joins a prestigious group of players that includes Ben Crenshaw, Ernie Els and Tom Kite.
“Ben and Tom Kite, a couple awesome guys, a couple of Longhorns,” said Scheffler with a smile. “Those are two guys that I’ve looked up to, and Ernie as well … It’s pretty weird to be in the same realm as those guys just because I’ve looked up to them for such a long time. I feel very fortunate to be sitting here holding the trophy.”
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