At 135th in the FedEx Cup Fall rankings, Power has three events to make the top 100, who will be fully exempt and the top 125, who will earn conditional status for next year.

Solo second place would catapult Power to safety, but he’s four shots outside that mark and seven strokes behind leaders Nick Dunlap and Finland’s Sami Valimaki, who opened with 11-under 61s at El Cardonal at Diamante Cabo San Lucas.

A top 19 finish would put Power into the top 125 with next week’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship to come before his status will be determined after The RSM Classic at Sea Island from November 20-23.

The West Waterford man ended the opening day tied for 34th when play was suspended with two groups left on the course.

He birdied three of his first four holes but bogeyed the fifth befo

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