By Brian Keogh

Rory McIlroy jumped 572 places to 308th in the world rankings - the same day that pal Darren Clarke crashed out of the world's top 200.

As Clake missed the cut and fell to 204th in the world, McIlroy's third place finish at St Andrews was worth a massive 19.20 world ranking points

That's more than Clarke has earned in the last year and if the Holywood ace has another top 10 finish this season he will soon be ranked ahead of his idol Clarke.

McIlroy wasn't the only big mover of the week as England's Nick Dougherty leapt into the world' top 50 thanks to his Alfred Dunhill Links triumph.

The Liverpudlian moved up 53 places to 47th while runner up Justin Rose leapt two places to 11th.

Latest World Rankings
1 Tiger Woods USA 23.36
2 Phil Mickelson USA 9.46
3 Jim Furyk USA 7.78
4 Steve Stricker USA 7.24
5 Ernie Els SAf 7.01
6 Adam Scott Aus 6.30
7 Padraig Harrington Ire 6.00
8 Rory Sabbatini SAf 5.68
9 KJ Choi Kor 5.61
10 Sergio Garcia Spn 5.58

Other Irish
127 Graeme McDowell 1.28
183 Paul McGinley 0.96
204 Darren Clarke 0.87
299 Peter Lawrie 0.57
300 Damien McGrane 0.57
308 Rory McIlroy 0.56
373 Gary Murphy 0.47
438 Com Moriarty 0.39
471 David Higgins 0.35