Power 35th in Louisiana; O'Driscoll starts well in Egypt

Wesley Bryan

Web.com Tour — West Waterford's Seamus Power closed with a one over par 72 to finish tied 35th in the $550,000 Chitimacha Louisiana Open.

Tied 19th starting the day, the former East Tennessee State star made an eagle and three birdies in the final round at Le Triomphe Golf and Country Club in Broussard. Scores

But he also had two bogeys and two double bogeys on his card and ended the week on six under par, eight stroke behind Wesley Bryan (66 65 71 68) who edged out Argentina's Julian Etulain by a shot with five-time PGA Tour winner Jonathan Byrd in a four way tie for third with Martin Flores, Ryan Brehm and Joel Dahmen. Charlie Wi was tied seventh.

“Coming into the season, I felt like I was really in good form,” said Bryan, after he collected a first-prize cheque for $99,000. “I felt like I was playing really well. I felt really good coming down here.”

Tommy under par at Allegria

Mediterranean Tour — Killarney's Tommy O'Driscoll opened with a two under par on the Allegria Championship to sit in seventh place at the Greg Norman designed Allegria Golf Club near Sheikh Zayed City in west Cairo.

The Kerry man is three shots behind Spain's Dani Alonso while his brother Dylan, playing as an amateur, started well but ended the opening day on 10 over par.

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