<p>Seamus Power . Photo by Montana Pritchard/PGA of America</p>
Seamus Power has given himself a chance to capture more valuable FedEx Cup and Ryder Cup qualifying points after he fired a five-under 66 to move up to tied 20th in the WM Phoenix Open.
The West Waterford man (35) is eight strokes behind Scottie Scheffler, who can overtake Rory McIlroy if he wins and the Holywood star , tied 28th on four-under, finishes worse than third alone.
Masters champion Scheffler card a three-under 68 to lead by two strokes from Canadian Nick Taylor, who shot 67, and world number three Jon Rahm, who rallied with three birdies in his last six holes to post a 68.
It promised to be an exciting final round tussle with Jordan Spieth and Adam Hadwin just three shots behind with Tyrrell Hatton, Sungjae Im, Rickie Fowler, Jason Day and Xander Schauffele lurking only four behind.
Scheffler can also go to number one if he finishes second alone and McIlroy finishes worse than 36th alone and Jon Rahm doesn’t win.
“I'm in position now,” Scheffler said. “Something I talked about at the beginning of the week was I felt like I've been on the outside looking in on Sundays. To be in the final group with a two-shot lead, I believe, is definitely a position I want to be in. I'm looking forward to tomorrow.”
As for Rahm, he can go to world number one if he wins and McIlroy to finish worse than tied second with two others.
He’s also a local resident and having gone to Arizona State University, he’d love to win what is now his home event.
“I mean, every win's pretty good, I'm not going to lie. I would love to be able to do what I did in Spain,” Rahm said. “I was Spanish Amateur champion. Won a couple different ages. Being able to kind of close that chapter of pro and amateur career by winning the Spanish Open as a pro was very sweet.
|So as the ASU Thunderbird champion I would love to be able to win here again in what's now home to me and my family. I don't know if it would be added or not. I think because of the crowd and being home it will feel obviously extremely nice. But it will probably be very similar to what I've experienced in Spain. So hopefully I can get it done.”
Rahm can also go to world number one in the unlikely event he finishes second alone, McIlroy finishes worse than 47th alone and Scheffler doesn’t win.
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