Brilliant hat-trick of birdies helps Waterford golfer get over four-putt double-bogey in opening round
Ireland's Séamus Power hits his drive from the 11th tee during the first round of the US Open at Pinehurst in North Carolina. Photograph: Sean M Haffey/Getty ImagesSéamus Power discovered the vagaries of the Pinehurst No. 2 course at first hand, how its Jekyll and Hyde nature could deflate one moment and elate on another.
“I still don’t really understand it,” said Power, competing in his third US Open. “My speed was excellent ... it was straight uphill into the grain but it really took off. It was a pity because there are no many putts you feel you could take a run at and I thought that was one of them. I guess it wasn’t.”
“Me and Simon decided to be a bit more aggressive off the third tee just to get a bit further up. Where that pin was, at least you’d have a chance there. I actually pulled it slightly, hit it close and ended up making a great birdie on the next and got up and down on the par five . It was a nice little run there right when I kind of needed it.
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