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Seamus Power surges to top of Fed-Ex Cup rankings after another big payday

Seamus Power has surged to the top of the Fed-Ex Cup rankings after finishing joint-third at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba.

The Waterford man picked up a cheque for $375,560 as he moved into the world's top 30 and the automatic Ryder Cup qualifying places from the World Points List.

It comes just a week after Power won the Bermuda Championship, with the 35-year-old shooting a closing round 68 on Sunday to finish five shots behind winner Russell Henley.

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Power now finds himself at the top of the Fed-Ex Cup rankings for the first time in his career ahead of Keegan Bradley and Tom Kim after he started the week in fifth place, one spot above Rory McIlroy.

Henley, who had failed to convert any of his last five 54-hole leads into a victory, told Golf Channel: “I just tried to learn from my past and my screw-ups.

“All of those events I didn’t close, they hurt and you don’t know if you’ll ever get to win another one, it’s so hard out here.

“To come down 18 with a four-shot lead it was really cool.”

Henley survived an early scare to win the tournament as Scottie Scheffler narrowly failed to return to the top of the world rankings.

Russell Henley after winning the World Wide Technology Championship (Getty Images)

Henley’s six-shot overnight lead was down to four when Scheffler birdied the 18th to complete a flawless closing 62 and the gap was three when Henley dropped his first shot of the week on the fifth.

However, the 33-year-old American promptly birdied the next three holes and cruised to a fourth PGA Tour title, his first since the 2017 Houston Open.

Henley, who had failed to convert any of his last five 54-hole leads into a victory, told Golf Channel: “I just tried to learn from my past and my screw-ups.

“All of those events I didn’t close, they hurt and you don’t know if you’ll ever get to win another one, it’s so hard out here.

“To come down 18 with a four-shot lead it was really cool.”

A closing 70 saw Henley equal the tournament record with a total of 23 under par, four shots clear of fellow American Brian Harman.

Scheffler, who needed to win or finish solo second to reclaim top spot in the world rankings from Rory McIlroy, finished in a tie for third on 18 under with Power, Joel Dahmen, Troy Merritt and Will Gordon.

Norway’s Viktor Hovland, who was bidding to win the tournament for the third straight year, carded a final round of 68 to finish in a tie for 10th.

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