Paddy’s top 50 residency in danger

ANOTHER dismal week, another slump in the world rankings.

After missing the cut by five shots in the Volvo China Open last week, Pádraig Harrington is no longer among the top 40 golfers on the globe.

He has fallen all the way back to 41st having been a career best third after winning the US PGA in 2008. Since then the graph has been in freefall: end 2008 — 4th: end 2009 — 6th; end 2010 — 25th; end April 2011 — 41st.