Shane Lowry found form to make the weekend at the Houston Open in Texas, but Séamus Power missed out by two shots in Texas.
Power had bettered Lowry's opening round score by one shot but the Waterford man bogeyed two of the last five holes to finish on level par after a 72. He had earlier bogeyed the seventh with a birdie on the 17th giving him hope before his third dropped shot of the day on the last.
There was better news for Lowry who got around in 67 to move to four under par. He did his scoring in six holes on the way out, picking up three birdies between the third and the eighth holes.
But you'd think the Offaly native is too far back to win the event as Gary Woodland pulled clear of the field on 13 under par. His round of 63 left him three strokes clear of duo Jackson Suber, of the United States, and Denmark's Nicolai Hoejgaard, whose 62 is the low round of the tournament so far.
