Golf; More misery for McIlroy Northern Irishman misses third straight cut in Ohio

Rory McIlroy missed the cut at a PGA Tour event for a third successive time after posting a seven-over-par second round at Muirfield Village, where Tiger Woods moved into contention.

On the opening day, McIlroy recovered from a nightmare quadruple-bogey seven on the ninth hole to finish the day in a share of 20th on one under.

But there was no halt to his steady decline on Friday, as he bogeyed twice on the front nine before doubles at the 11th and 14th, together with a further dropped shot at 13, confirmed his early exit.

Second round leaderboard

(US unless stated)
-6 R Sabbatini (SA)
-5 T Woods
-5 S Stallings
-5 S Levine

McIlroy said: "I hit some good shots, it just seems like every time I go out there I make one or two big numbers and that sort of throws me.