Seamus Power sat just outside the top 30 after his first round at the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico.
The Waterford man, requiring a strong finish to the season in order to secure full PGA playing privileges for 2026, is on four-under par after a first-round 68 at El Cardonal at Diamante,
That leaves him seven shots off clubhouse leader Nick Dunlap, of America, and Finland's Sami Valimaki who both opened with brilliant rounds of 61 – the pair unsurprisingly having bogey-free cards as they tied the course record.
They hold a three-shot lead over five players, Vince Whaley, Kris Ventura, Matti Schmid, Chad Ramey and Andrew Putnam.
That wasn’t something Power could boast having dropped a shot at the fifth after requiring a drop, but five birdies - including at the closing par-five 18th - had him well positioned ahead of the second round.
