Séamus Power

Shane Lowry comfortably survives the cut after second round 72 at Southern Hills.

It initially found the green only to stall and then roll back down the slope and back into the trap. “It’s trying to then get into a spot where you can get it up-and-down and then try to hit it into a spot where you can make a putt. There’s no real shots off, there’s no real easy shots out there, so it’s just constantly stay on it and make sure you do your homework and make sure you know what you’re doing exactly before you try it,” explained Power of how patience and strategy came into play in plotting a way around. Having turned in level par on his round (one-over for the championship), Power made inroads with a 35-footer for birdie on the 10th hole and holed from five feet for another birdie on the 13th. “To be honest, this morning you were kind of hoping the forecast was going to be wrong with the wind, but they were kind of spot on. That Power and bagman Simon Keelan committed to their numbers was clear in a well-thought out round that yielded three birdies and two bogeys.