Clarke drops out of the world’s top 100

DARREN CLARKE’S sixth successive missed cut in Austria last week has resulted in him falling outside the world’s top 100.

He began the year 35th, but has not played all four rounds of an event since early February and also last week failed to qualify for the US Open starting at Oakmont on Thursday.

Latest leading positions: 1 Tiger Woods 19.70pts, 2 Phil Mickelson 9.03, 3 Jim Furyk 7.65, 4 Adam Scott 7.11, 5 Ernie Els 6.82, 6 Henrik Stenson 6.14, 7 Vijay Singh 6.08, 8 Geoff Ogilvy 5.70, 9 Luke Donald 5.36, 10 Retief Goosen 5.14 11 Padraig Harrington 5.13, 12 Sergio Garcia 4.95, 13 Zach Johnson 4.65, 14 Rory Sabbatini 4.65, 15 Trevor Immelman 4.51, 16 Paul Casey 4.34, 17 KJ Choi 3.91, 18 Stewart Cink 3.82, 19 Justin Rose 3.65, 20 Charles Howell 3.50.