Rory McIlroy falls to lowest world ranking since 2014

McIlroy plans to play three more events before taking several months off to fully recover from a lingering rib injury.

Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy will enter next week's make-or-break BMW Championship at his lowest world ranking for more than three years.

McIlroy missed the cut in the Dell Technologies Championship and has slipped from fourth to sixth in the latest standings behind winner Justin Thomas and Spain's Jon Rahm.