Seamus Power and Kevin Phelan impress

Waterford’s Seamus Power and Kevin Phelan shot the lights out on opposite sides of the Atlantic but it was a major battle for Rory McIlroy to kickstart his FedExCup campaign in The Barclays in New York.

Phelan fired eight birdies in an immaculate, best of the season 64 in the Challenge Tour’s Bridgestone Challenge at Heythrop Park Resort in Oxfordshire.

He shares second place with America’s Shiwan Kim and France’s Damien Perrier, four strokes behind Belgian Thomas Detry, who shattered the course record with a 12 under par 60.