Rory McIlroy has been knocked out of the world’s top ten following his dismal showing at the WGC-CA Championship in Florida. The 20-year-old Northern Irishman, ninth on the rankings entering the event, finished joint 65th of the 68 players.
He drops to 11th on the new list after being overtaken by Doral winner Ernie Els and Pádraig Harrington, who came joint third and moves up to tenth spot.
Graeme McDowell’s excellent final round of 66, that earned him a tie for sixth spot, moves him up nine spots to 41st on the list.
Shane Lowry is the only other Irish golfer in the top 100, remaining in 92nd position.
Latest leading positions:1 Tiger Woods 11.91pts, 2 Steve Stricker 7.78, 3 Phil Mickelson 7.30, 4 Lee Westwood 6.79, 5 Paul Casey 6.33, 6 Ian Poulter 6.19, 7 Martin Kaymer 5.43, 8 Ernie Els 5.12, 9 Jim Furyk 5.11, 10 Pádraig Harrington 5.00, 11 Rory McIlroy 4.81, 12 Camilo Villegas 4.73, 13 Geoff Ogilvy 4.63, 14 Henrik Stenson 4.58, 15 Robert Allenby 4.26, 16 Kenny Perry 4.22, 17 Sergio Garcia 4.15, 18 Sean O'Hair 3.97, 19 Retief Goosen 3.94, 20 Stewart Cink 3.83
Other leading Europeans:22 Robert Karlsson, 23 Luke Donald, 24 Ross Fisher, 33 Alvaro Quiros, 36 Oliver Wilson, 37 Miguel Angel Jimenez, 41 Graeme McDowell,45 Francesco Molinari, 46 Soren Hansen, 48 Edoardo Molinari, 49 Anders Hansen, 51 Soren Kjeldsen, 55 Simon Dyson, 58 Peter Hanson, 59 Justin Rose, 63 Alexander Noren, 66 Ross McGowan, 70 Chris Wood, 74 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, 84 Gregory Bourdy, 92 Shane Lowry,95 Martin Laird