Séamus Power closed out with a six-under 66 to climb 16 places to T11 as Stefano Mazzoli of Italy matched it and won the Corales Puntacana Championship for his first PGA Tour victory.
The Waterford man, making his first start since withdrawing from the John Deere Classic a fortnight ago through injury, sat tied for 27th going into the final round after a 67 on moving day, and he came roaring out of the traps on Sunday with birdies on each of his first four holes to push his way inside the top 10.
A bogey on the fifth stalled his momentum, but he kept his card clean from that point on and picked up further strokes on the eighth, 12th and 17th holes to end the week on -15 and five shots shy of eventual winner Mazzoli.
Having started the year with conditional status on the PGA Tour, the FedEx points gained could prove crucial as he climbed from 125th to 114th in the rankings, with the top 100 players at the end of the FedEx Fall series earning full playing rights for 2027.
Mazzoli was one of 50 DP World Tour players in the co-sanctioned event played opposite the Open Championship. The 29-year-old earned a PGA Tour card through 2027 and jumped from 127th to 39th in the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai standings.