The West Waterford man is 128th in the FedExCup Fall standings, with only the top 100 on Sunday night fully exempt next season.

Even if Power fails to claim the three-way tie for third place he needs to break into the top 100, he can still enter the final stage of the Q-School at TPC Sawgrass next month and improve his status by winning one of five PGA Tour cards.

But that may not be necessary after his performance on moving day at Sea Island left him tied for seventh on 15 under.

While Finland’s Sami Valimaki shot 65 to lead by two shots on 19 under from Michael Thorbjornsen and Patrick Rodgers, Power is just one shot behind fourth-placed Zak Blair, Johnny Keefer and Andrew Novak.

He got off to a slow start on the Seaside Course, dropping an early shot at the fourth, but he fought bac

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