Mark Power enjoyed a brilliant start to his professional career when he added a 71 to his opening 68
Shubhankar Sharma on the 11th tee during day two of the 2023 Horizon Irish Open at The K Club. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA WireShubhankar Sharma is more accustomed than most to the Indian summer heatwave conditions which have blessed the Horizonat The K Club in Straffan, Co Kildare; and the 27-year-old – a two-timer DP World Tour winner – followed an opening 65 with a route 66 to for a midway total of 13-under-par 131 to strengthen his position atop the leaderboard.
And, indeed, Sharma seemed to be playing a different course to everyone else when needing just 28 strokes for his front nine. If, briefly, there seemed to be a prospect of a sub-60 round on the Palmer North Course, he proved to be only human with a bogey on the 10th as his slowed down on the homeward journey.
Still, it was another impressive performance from Sharma – who had a career best finish in a Major when tied-eighth behind Brian Harman in the 151st Open at Hoylake in July – who claimed the clubhouse lead, four shots clear of Germany’s Freddy Schott who helped himself to nine birdies in a round of 64 for 135.
Mark Power, too, enjoyed a brilliant start to his professional career when he added a 71 to his opening 68 to reach the 36-holes point on five-under-par 139 to be guaranteed to make the cut.
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