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Iron off the tee, lay up to just inside 100 yards, let the wedge and putter take care of the rest. Irritating? Yes, but not enough to change his strategy on the 535-yard closing hole. He dropped his flop shot into the bunker and had to make a 5-foot putt for bogey. His one big gaffe - other than a three-putt bogey from 60 feet on the par-3 fifth - was some indecision on a club at the par-3 17th that led him to quit on his swing, the ball soaring right toward the two-story grandstand. More wedge work led to a short birdie on the 14th. A big drive set up a wedge to 6 feet for birdie on the ninth, he holed a 25-foot putt on the 10th and then hit wedge to about 5 feet on the 11th, and a 6-iron that just cleared the bunker in front the par-3 12th and rolled out 8 feet by the cup. The most picturesque part of Pebble Beach brought out his best golf. He made his move Friday with a birdie on the par-5 sixth - set up by more good wedge play, this prompted by a bad drive - and a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-3 seventh. “I’m putting myself there a little bit more often, so it definitely seems a little easier, but still obviously a lot of work to do over the weekend.” “I just feel much more comfortable in these positions,” Power said. The five-shot lead to par - Monterey Peninsula is a par 71, the other two courses are are par 72 - ties the tournament record for largest margin through 36 holes. 50 in the world and trying not to think about a Masters invitation.Ī win would take care of that, and Power isn’t doing much wrong at the moment. And equipped with more confidence than ever, Power now is No. It was an opposite-field event, but it was a win. He worked his way onto the Korn Ferry Tour and then the PGA Tour, where he kept a full card only once in three years until breaking through with a victory in the Barbasol Championship last July in Kentucky.

O’Hair has opened with a pair of 67s.Īll of them are chasing Power, who might just not be coming into his own.Īfter attending East Tennessee State - a scholarship became available when another kid from his part of the world, Rory McIlroy, decided instead to turn pro - Power toiled on the eGolf Tour in North Carolina, where a victory worth $15,000 made him feel as though he won the lottery. He was joined by a relative surprise, Sean O’Hair, working himself back from a torn oblique. Jason Day, who tied for third at Torrey Pines last week to at least get back inside the top 100 in the world, had a 66 at Monterey Peninsula and was still in the mix at 9-under 134. Four of his six birdies were on the par 5s at Spyglass, and he had a 68 that left him six shots behind to par. 4 the highest-ranked player in the world at Pebble, again was slowed by a back-to-back bogeys.

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