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4%
1 of 26 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Seamus Power made up a two-shot deficit over the wind-blown closing holes Saturday at Port Royal for a 4-under 67, giving him a share of the lead with Austin Smotherman going into the final round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
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Power → make → Championship
Smotherman finished off his round of 66 with a 10-foot par save while trying to play as conservatively as possible in wind that lived up its reputation in Bermuda.
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that → finish → Bermuda
It was strong enough to impress
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It → impress → ?
Power, the Irishman who grew up in these conditions
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who → grow → conditions
“Today was proper wind, at least for me,” Power said.
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Power → say → me
“It’s tough because you’d like to hit a low shot but you’re so elevated or you’re hitting off an upslope that it’s tough to judge, it’s tough to get the flight that you’d like to hit.
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you → ’ → that
So it’s a different challenge than when we play in wind at home.”
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we → ’ → home
Power hammered 5-wood off the tee and into the green, both times hitting a hard draw into a wind that was ripping off the left, and he left himself 40 feet for a two-putt birdie.
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he → hammer → birdie
A final par allowed him to join Smotherman at 16-under 197.
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him → allow → under
They were two shots clear of Taylor Moore (66), and Canadians Corey Conners and Ben Silverman, who each shot a 69.
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who → shoot → 69
Smotherman rode the wind to a 9-foot eagle putt on the par-5 seventh hole, putting him at 5 under for the round as he quickly made up ground.
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he → ride → ground
And then it was time to hold on down the stretch.
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it → hold → stretch
The wind was so severe on the par-3 16th that his chip 7-iron to a front pin wound up going into a back bunker some 35 yards long.
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iron → wind → bunker
He blasted out to the fairway just in front of the green and got that up-and-down for a bogey.
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He → blast → bogey
Smotherman failed to birdie the par-5 17th, and that was OK with him.
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that → fail → him
He was trying to keep it simple, hitting fairways and greens and taking advantage when he could along the back nine.
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he → try → nine
“Once we turned, I felt like the wind just kept picking up,” Smotherman said.
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Smotherman → turn → ?
“No. 11 tee shot was kind of the first one where we were really like, ‘Wow, it’s on another level now.
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it → ’ → level
These next few holes aren’t going to be what we’re used to seeing these last couple days.’
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we → go → what
Smotherman is feeling looser than most this time of the year.
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Smotherman → feel → year
He picked up his first PGA Tour title at the Utah Championship, earning a two-year exemption and all but assuring he will be in the early $20 million signature events.
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he → pick → events
Power is at No. 103 and needs to end the FedEx Cup Fall in the top 100 to keep his full status for next year.
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Power → need → year
Seven of the leading 10 players on the leaderboard Saturday were outside the top 100.
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Seven → lead → top
More wind was in the forecast for Sunday, which Power said should work in his favor — not because he’s Irish, but it makes it harder for those behind to make up ground with birdies.
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those → say → birdies
Even so, it’s usually tight at Port Royal.
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it → ’ → Royal
This is the third consecutive year the tournament has had a two-way share of the lead going into the final round.
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tournament → have → round
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