Harrington now 276th in the world

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Pádraig Harrington during the recent US PGA in Kentucky. Picture Eoin Clarke, www.golffile.ie

Pádraig Harrington is down another nine spots to 276th in the world rankings after losing his PGA Tour card by missing the cut in the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro.

Rory McIlroy (1), Graeme McDowell (16) and Shane Lowry (60) are the only Irish players in the world's top-100 with Michael Hoey the next best at 175th. 

McIlroy and McDowell will be in action this week in the first event of the FedEx Cup playoffs, The Barclays, at Ridgewood County Club in New Jersey while on the European Tour, Simon Thornton, Damien McGrane, Gareth Maybin, Peter Lawrie, Kevin Phelan, David Higgins and Ruaidhri McGee have entered the D+D REAL Czech Masters at Albatross Golf Resort in Prague.

No Irish players qualified for the Challenge Tour's limited field, 40-man Rolex Trophy in Geneva, which gives players an advantage in the race for those coveted spots on the European Tour next year for the Top 20 in the Rankings.

Irish in the Official World Golf Ranking

This Wk	Last wk	End '13	Name	Avg Pts	Total Pts	Div	Lost	Gained	Events
1	1	6	Rory McIlroy	11.1542	557.71	50	-224.15	463.42	50
16	16	14	Graeme McDowell	4.8012	235.26	49	-147.78	122.73	49
60	60	76	Shane Lowry	2.2079	112.60	51	-51.51	74.46	51
175	172	247	Michael Hoey	1.0095	52.50	52	-21.71	38.27	53
255	250	338	Damien McGrane	0.7084	36.84	52	-15.09	25.31	58
276	267	131	Padraig Harrington	0.6677	34.72	52	-48.14	16.01	58
342	334	297	Simon Thornton	0.5137	21.06	41	-11.28	8.06	41
351	345	296	Darren Clarke	0.4993	21.47	43	-12.35	9.45	43
397	432	390	Gareth Maybin	0.4389	21.94	50	-11.27	10.98	50
547	535	412	Paul McGinley	0.2786	11.14	40	-10.25	5.14	32
555	543	368	David Higgins	0.2707	10.83	40	-8.09	-	37
593	570	300	Peter Lawrie	0.2458	12.78	52	-20.97	2.61	56
635	626	968	Niall Turner	0.2142	8.57	40	-1.41	7.26	21
647	637	544	Gareth Shaw	0.2021	8.09	40	-4.63	1.68	33
752	746	996	Kevin Phelan	0.1481	5.92	40	-1.34	4.81	23
852	851	1508	Ruaidhri McGee	0.1134	4.53	40	-0.02	4.55	13
872	864	791	Alan Dunbar	0.1071	4.28	40	-2.12	1.20	25
974	965	1152	Niall Kearney	0.0755	3.02	40	-0.87	2.44	18
1347	1342	1181	Dermot McElroy (am)	0.0209	0.84	40	-0.51	-	2
1347	1342	1181	Jonathan Caldwell	0.0209	0.84	40	-0.51	-	1