Rory cut is off the pace at Wentworth

RORY Mcliroy's charge through the back nine saw him escape the threat of missing the cut but untidy play continued to plague him at the BMW PGA Championship.

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Three successive bogeys from the third had left the Masters champion and last week's Irish Open winner two shots outside the projected two-under mark required to progress to the final two rounds at Wentworth.

A birdie at the eighth, his first in 10 holes, started him heading back in the right direction and four in five holes immediately after the turn moved him to five under and far more comfortable.

However, having carved his drive out of bounds at the last he finished with a double-bogey seven.