Power confirms PGA Championship start at Quail Hollow

eamus Power of Ireland hits his shot from the first tee during the final round of the 2022 PGA Championship at the Southern Hills on May 22, 2022 in Tulsa, Oklahoma

eamus Power will make his third appearance in the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow next week after remaining inside the top 70 in the PGA Championship Points list.

The West Waterford man missed the cut in the CJ Cup Byron Nelson last weekend but remained 65th in the PGA Championship Points list.

Erik van Rooyen and Sam Stevens, who finished second and third behind Scottie Scheffler in Dallas on Sunday, qualified for this week’s Truist Championship via the Aon Swing 5.

Both will now qualify for Quail Hollow though only Stevens is currently officially exempt after he jumped 12 spots to 49th in the PGA Championship Points list.

A total of 30 players secured their spots in the PGA via this route and while Van Rooyen jumped 50 spots to 80th, he moved up from 101st to 66th in the world and will be added to the Quail Hollow field by the PGA of America, which traditionally likes to include every player from the world’s top 100.

Irish golf will have four golfers in the field in Charlotte as two-time PGA champion and reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy is joined by 2008 winner Padraig Harrington, world number 12 Shane Lowry and 122nd-ranked Power.

LIV Golf’s Tom McKibbin, who is 115th in the world, would need a special exemption.

Power tied for ninth on his PGA Championship debut at Southern Hills in 2022 but missed the cut at Oak Hill in his most recent appearance in 2023.