Seamus Power struggled off the tee and hit just three fairways as he opened his 2025 season with a three over 73 in the Sony Open in Hawaii.

Back in action for the first time since the RSM Classic seven weeks ago, the West Waterford man failed to make a birdie at Waialae Country Club and has his work cut out to make the cut as he finished the day tied for 129th in the 143-man field after Michael Thorbjornsen and Jake Knapp withdrew injured and Lanto Griffin was the lone alternate on-site.

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Play was suspended due to darkness with seven players left to complete the first round with six men tied for the lead after carding six-under 64s.

England's Harry Hall, Adam Schenk, Eric Cole, Denny McCarthy, Paul Peterson and Tom Hoge lead by a shot from Swede Henrik Norlander, Canada's Adam Hadwin, Ben Griffin, Patrick Fishburn, Sam Ryder and Ben Kohles.

Japan's Hideki Matsuyama, who shot a record 35-under 257 to win The Sentry last week, shot a three-under 67 as he bids to become the third player to sweep the Hawaii swing.

Power dropped his first shot of the day at the second after he missed the fairway, bunkered his approach and missed a nine-footer for par.

He didn't hit his first fairway until the fifth but dropped another shot at the 13th, where he again went from the rough to a greenside bunker and failed to convert a five-footer for par.

He didn't hit his second fairway of the day until the 14th but couldn't muster a birdie coming home, missing 15 footers for birdie at the 16th and 17th before taking six at the 538-yard, par-five 18th, where he again missed the fairway and misjudged this third from  43 yards.

He ended the day ranked joint last in the field for driving accuracy.

But it was a happier day for a host of rookies, including journeyman Peterson (36) who was making his PGA TOUR debut after playing on six Tours and visiting 44 countries worldwide over the past decade.

"Whether I feel like a rookie, no," said Peterson, who got his card by finishing in the top 30 on the Korn Ferry Tour last season.

"I've travelled a lot. I've seen a lot of golf in a lot of places. I feel like all of that's helped prepare me to get here ... Do I wish I was over here a little bit earlier? Yeah. But do I regret any experiences I've had along the way? No."

Peterson left Oregon State and played on the PGA TOUR Canada before getting his Asian Tour card.

He outgunned Thomas Pieters to win the DP World Tour's Czech Masters, added another title in Myanmar, and even played with Tom Watson in his last DP World Tour start at the KLM Open.

As for Hall (27), he is delighted to have found a new coach in Butch Harmon.

"I approached him, and he reached out to me a few months after and said, 'It would be great to see you,'" said Hall, who won the opposite field ISCO Championship last year but is not exempt for the Signature Events.

"I started working with him, and since then, I've played really nice."