McIlroy on the brink

Teenager Rory McIlroy has clung on to 50th place in the world rankings a week before the top 50 qualify for next April’s US Masters.

Mon, 15 Dec, 2008 - 11:27

Teenager Rory McIlroy has clung on to 50th place in the world rankings a week before the top 50 qualify for next April’s US Masters.

The 19-year-old missed the halfway cut in the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa and would have dropped to 51st if Matthew Goggin had won rather than lost a play-off for the Australian Open.

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