Seamus Power Maiden Web.com Win

Seamus Power

Seamus Power took advantage of the other leaders' late problems to win the United Leasing & Finance Championship on Sunday for his first Web.com Tour title.

"It still hasn't really sunk in. Crazy day," the 29-year-old Power, the first Irish winner on the tour. "But, yeah, obviously, over the moon. It's going to take me a couple hours to figure out what it all means, but yeah, right now I'm just very happy and obviously over the moon."

Power shot a bogey-free 5-under 67 at Victoria National to finish at 12-under 276. He birdied the par-4 17th and parred the par-4 18th.

"To be honest I was just trying to post a number and hope for the best," Power said. "I knew the finish was playing very, very difficult, so to pick one up at 17 was a huge bonus. Then got a good up-and-down at the last after a poor second shot. So when I finished I didn't think it was going to win, but I saw some of the guys dropping shots and just hoped for the best, and it obviously worked out."

Third-round leader Adam Schenk, Cody Gribble and Jonathan Randolph finished a stroke back. Schenk, from nearby Vincennes, made a double bogey on par-5 15th in a 70. Gribble bogeyed the final two holes — hitting into the water over 18 — for a 69. Randolph bogeyed the 17th in a 67.

Roger Sloan was fifth at 10 under after a 69. The Canadian drove into the water on the final two en route to double bogeys.

Power earned $108,000 to jump from 47th to seventh on the money list with $131,733, with the top 25 at end of the regular season earning PGA Tour cards.

"That's where you're trying to get," Power said. "If I didn't see myself doing that, there wouldn't be a point in playing. This is a huge win, but at the same time, it's a stepping stone for where I'm trying to be. But it's a huge step, so I'm excited."

Missed Cut Ends Harrington PGA Tour

Padraig Harrington carded a second round 72 in the OHL Classic at Mayakoba in Mexico on Friday and missing the cut. It draws to a close this season tournaments on PGA Tour with only invites on offer next year having already lost his automatic playing rights. The five year exemption following his US PGA Championship in 2008 now expired.

Michael Putnam birdied five of the first eight holes Friday and finished with a 7-under 64 to take the lead in the OHL Classic at Mayakoba.

Putnam had a 12-under 130 total, playing the first 36 holes without a bogey on Mayakoba's El Camaleon course. He won the Web.com Tour's 2013 Mexico Championship.

"I've kept the ball in play really well," Putnam said. "It's a tight golf course and got to keep it between the trees. After that, I've hit a lot of greens and made a lot of two putts. I did make about a 10-footer for par on 16 -- probably the hardest hole on the course. Other than that, it was a pretty easy bogey-free round."

Winless in 95 career PGA TOUR starts, the 31-year-old former Pepperdine player birdied the par-4 18th to close his morning round.

"It's a hard hole today," Putnam said. "Driver, 6-iron into the wind and an 18-foot putt."

Shawn Stefani and Jason Bohn were a stroke back. They each shot 65.

Stefani had seven birdies and a bogey.

"I've been hitting the ball really well for quite some time now," Stefani said. "The last few days really has been credit to my putter. I kind of figured something out on Wednesday and just kind of focused on that."

Bohn had six birdies in his second straight bogey-free round.

"It's about positioning yourself in the middle of the fairway or right side of the fairway and trying to attack some of these flags," Bohn said. "One of my strengths is just getting the ball in play. If I can get my putter hot, we'll see what happens."

Ken Duke was 10 under after a 63, the best round of the day.

David Hearn, Nicholas Thompson, Will MacKenzie and Alex Cejka were 9 under. Hearn and Thompson shot 65, Cejka had a 67, and MacKenzie a 68.

Fred Funk, the oldest player in the field at 58, was 8 under after a 65. He won the 2007 event at 50 years, 8 months, 12 days to become the fifth-oldest PGA TOUR winner.

Oscar Fraustro topped the seven Mexican players in the field, shooting a 67 to reach 7 under.

"I'm happy with my round today again, very good score again," Fraustro said through a translator. "It could have been better, but I had better control of my game."

Countryman Carlos Ortiz was another stroke back, overcoming an early double bogey for a 69. He won three times on the Web.com Tour last season.

"I'm proud of myself," Ortiz said. "I got it back and finished under par. I'm still in the tournament."

Defending champion Harris English was 4 under after a 71.

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Harrington Opens with 74 in Mexico

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Pádraig Harrington signed for a three over par first round at the OHL Classic and settled  for a 74 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico - and off the pace.

Daniel Berger was making his sixth PGA TOUR start, and birdied 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 and finished with two pars to match Will MacKenzie, Robert Garrigus, Steve Wheatcroft, Hudson Swafford and Tony Finau at 6-under 65 on Mayakoba's El Camaleon course.

"This is what we work so hard for, so it's great to get off to a good start, but got to keep it going," said Berger, the 21-year-old former Florida State player who earned a PGA TOUR card last season on the Web.com Tour.

The six-player tie is the largest after 18 holes since six players also topped the leaderboard in the 2013 St. Jude Classic.

The Greg Norman-designed course requires accuracy off the tee.

"I think I hit maybe two drivers all day," Berger said. "It's just kind of one of those courses where you've got to hit the fairway. Super tight off the tee, so just put it in play and you've got some birdie opportunities."

The long-hitting Finau hit driver only once.

"I'm still able to use my length by hitting 3-woods and 2-irons and moving it up the fairway still where most guys would have to hit driver," Finau said. "I definitely wasn't able to use my driver length, but I still use my length off the tee."

Fifty-year-old Davis Love III was at 66 in a group that included Aaron Baddeley, Charley Hoffman and Pat Perez.

"I made some putts when I had to," Love said. "I had four birdies in five holes in a little spurt in the middle of the round, and put the ball in play. I think that's what you have to do here. You have to keep it in the fairway and you have to putt well."

Defending champion Harris English closed with a three-putt bogey for a 67.

"It hurt on the last hole, three-putting, but I'm still going to take a lot of positives out of today," English said.

Carlos Ortiz topped the seven Mexican players in the field at 67. He won three times on the Web.com Tour last season.

"I started a little bit nervous with all the people who were watching, family, friends," Ortiz said. "But I had a very good beginning on the first hole with a birdie and then I birdied 3, 4, 5. It helped me a lot to get relaxed."

Canada's Nick Taylor, the Sanderson Farms Championship winner Sunday in Mississippi, had a 71.

Grant Starts Out Level

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Stephen Grant opened with a birdie on the par 5 first hole at the PGA Tour Second Stage Qualifying on the Plantation Golf and Country Club in Florida on Tuesday.

A series of dropped shots on the way to the turn - two bogeys and a double at the par four 6th - left Grant 3 at the halfway mark. But  recoveries on holes 12 and 14th brought him back level for the round at 71 - for a share of 50th place.

Nick Lindheim is the early leader after carding a 65

The second stage is an all-or-nothing affair for most of the participants. Players who advance to the third and final stage are guaranteed at least conditional status on the Web.com Tour, which is the only pathway to the PGA TOUR. Most who miss out at second stage will start 2014 without status on that circuit.

Q-school’s second stage concludes this week at four sites that will be played Tuesday-Friday. Two sites were held last week (click here for results). The second stage always features a mix of young up-and-comers and former PGA TOUR winners.

Billy Mayfair, Arjun Atwal, Eric Axley, Frank Lickliter, Peter Lonard, Chris Smith, Marc Turnesa are among the former PGA TOUR winners competing this week.

The q-school fields also are full of players just starting their pro careers.

Three 2013 first-team All-Americans are taking part in second stage this week – Daniel Berger, James Erkenbeck and Michael Kim. They’re looking to join fellow first-teamers Max Homa and Justin Thomas at q-school’s final stage; Homa and Thomas advanced last week.

Thomas was the 2012 NCAA player of the year. Kim, a junior at Cal, won that award this year; he is competing in second stage as an amateur. He earned an exemption into second stage by finishing 17th at this year’s U.S. Open. Kim, Homa and Thomas were teammates on this year's victorious U.S. Walker Cup squad.

Erkenbeck and Kim are competing at Bear Creek Golf Club in Murrieta, California, Berger, runner-up to Homa at this year’s NCAA Championship, is playing at Plantation (Fla.) Preserve. He turned pro earlier this year after his sophomore season at Cal.

Kim is not the only collegian competing at Bear Creek. University of Southern California junior Anthony Paolucci also is competing at Bear Creek; he finished 29th in the 2011 Farmers Insurance Open while still in high school. Chris Williams, who turned pro earlier this year as the world’s No. 1 amateur, also is playing at Bear Creek.

Australia’s Brady Watt, the world’s No. 8 amateur and a semifinalist at this year’s U.S. Amateur, is playing second stage in Gautier, Mississippi,  as is Tadd Fujikawa, who made the cut in the 2007 Sony Open in Hawaii as a 16-year-old.

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Grant Tees off PGA Q-School

Stephen Grant returns to action this week in the PGA Tour Qualifying School Second Stage in Florida on Tuesday, just weeks after a disappointing card chase in Spain at Stage 2 of the European Tour Q School.

At Plantation Preserve Golf and Country Club this week the Birr golfer, now based in Flroida. has four rounds to battle for a place at the PGA Tour Final Qualifying at La Quinta in California scheduled for mid December

The second stage of q-school is an important step in most players’ careers. Few are fortunate enough to avoid it.

The second stage is an all-or-nothing affair for most of the participants. Players who advance to the third and final stage are guaranteed at least conditional status on the Web.com Tour, which is the only pathway to the PGA TOUR. Most who miss out at second stage will start 2014 without status on that circuit.

Q-school’s second stage concludes this week at four sites that will be played Tuesday-Friday. Two sites were held last week. The second stage always features a mix of young up-and-comers and former PGA TOUR winners.

Billy Mayfair, Arjun Atwal, Eric Axley, Frank Lickliter, Peter Lonard, Chris Smith, Marc Turnesa are among the former PGA TOUR winners competing this week.

The q-school fields also are full of players just starting their pro careers.

Three 2013 first-team All-Americans are taking part in second stage this week – Daniel Berger, James Erkenbeck and Michael Kim. They’re looking to join fellow first-teamers Max Homa and Justin Thomas at q-school’s final stage; Homa and Thomas advanced last week.

Thomas was the 2012 NCAA player of the year. Kim, a junior at Cal, won that award this year; he is competing in second stage as an amateur. He earned an exemption into second stage by finishing 17th at this year’s U.S. Open. Kim, Homa and Thomas were teammates on this year's victorious U.S. Walker Cup squad.

Erkenbeck and Kim are competing at Bear Creek Golf Club in Murrieta, Calif. Berger, runner-up to Homa at this year’s NCAA Championship, is playing at Plantation (Fla.) Preserve. He turned pro earlier this year after his sophomore season at Cal.

Kim is not the only collegian competing at Bear Creek. University of Southern California junior Anthony Paolucci also is competing at Bear Creek; he finished 29th in the 2011 Farmers Insurance Open while still in high school. Chris Williams, who turned pro earlier this year as the world’s No. 1 amateur, also is playing at Bear Creek.

Australia’s Brady Watt, the world’s No. 8 amateur and a semifinalist at this year’s U.S. Amateur, is playing second stage in Gautier, Miss., as is Tadd Fujikawa, who made the cut in the 2007 Sony Open in Hawaii as a 16-year-old.

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