Mark Power: Caddie Dermot Byrne got me ‘back in the zone’ to make Irish Open cut

The Kilkenny golfer was staring at a missed cut after a double-bogey seven at the 10th sent him to eight over par, three shots outside the projected cutline

Fri, 25 Sep, 2020 - 22:19

Simon Lewis

Amateur Mark Power produced a back-nine comeback at Galgorm Castle to all but secure his continued participation at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open this weekend, and thanked caddie Dermot Byrne for rescuing his second round.

Power, 20, has had a memorable spell at home from US collegiate golf at Wake Forest University, reaching the Amateur Championship semi-finals earlier this month. Yet on his European Tour debut on an invitation from the tournament sponsors, the Kilkenny golfer was staring at a missed cut after a double-bogey seven at the 10th sent him to eight over par, three shots outside the projected cutline.