Oct 20,2024
Seamus Power sat six shots off the lead at the Shriners Children's Open in Las Vegas, before play was suspended due to high winds.
The Waterford man had finished Thursday's first round on three-under and started his Friday with two pars sandwiching a birdie on his second hole.
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The start of the second round had already been delayed by four hours Friday morning because of high wind gusts at TPC Summerlin, with fans prohibited from entering the grounds in the interest of safety.
When play was suspended due to darkness at 6.02pm local time, just seven hours of golf had been played and some groups had completed only one hole.
Play is scheduled to resume at 7.15am local time on Saturday (3.15pm Irish time), with Power on four-under and among the pack chasing Taylor Pendrith, who will restart with a one-shot lead.
The Canadian fired a 10-under-par 61 on Thursday and went out in the afternoon wave Friday. He opened with a bogey and got the stroke back right away with a birdie at the par-four second hole. Four straight pars later, he was headed to the clubhouse.
"Just a lot of sitting around at our hotel this morning and took a small nap, which was new," Pendrith said. "Yeah, I got out here and the conditions were really tricky. Couple of the holes were playing different.
"Definitely played different and more challenging for sure. I think it's going to be similar winds tomorrow; not quite as high. It will be tricky in the morning."
Rico Hoey of the Philippines is alone in second at nine-under. He followed an opening 64 by going two-under through his first seven holes Friday - a back-nine adventure that included a double bogey, two birdies and an eagle at the par-five 16th.
Four players have completed their first two rounds in eight-under: Doug Ghim (70 on Friday), JJ Spaun (69), Davis Thompson (68) and Kurt Kitayama (68). JT Poston is tied with them for third, having played just five holes of his second round.
"I was thinking it was going to play really hard and I had to limit big numbers," Kitayama said. "But luckily when I did miss I missed in the right spot; was able to just grind it out."
The projected cut line is two under-par but subject to move throughout the rest of the round when it resumes today. Two-time defending champion Tom Kim of South Korea is in danger of missing that cut after shooting 69-72 for a total of two-under.
Additional reporting: Reuters
