Kilkenny golfer Mark Power primed to mix it with professionals at Irish Open

The 20-year-old is on extended home leave after his second US college season with Wake Forest University

File photo of Mark Power. Picture by Pat Cashman

Irish international Mark Power will go into today’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open opening round in form and extremely well prepared following an invaluable practice round in the company of Pádraig Harrington and Paul Dunne.

The 20-year-old, on extended home leave after his second US college season with Wake Forest University was delayed until at least the new year, was speaking to the Irish Examiner yesterday as Paul McGinley was offering hope to the Irish trio of amateurs in this week’s field, Power, James Sugrue, and Tom McKibbin.