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Mon 11 Nov 2009Ireland lose out by a shot to Italy
GOLF/ WORLD CUP: RORY MCILROY is learning all about tough knocks as, for a second week in a row, a major trophy evaded his clutches when the 20-year-old Ulsterman and team-mate Graeme McDowell – attempting to become wire-to-wire winners – were overtaken by Italy on the home stretch in the World Cup at Mission Hills in China.
Just a week after losing out to Lee Westwood in his quest to top the European Tour Order of Merit, McIlroy again had to settle for second best as the Molinari brothers, Francesco and Edoardo, claimed an historic first World Cup for Italy. The Italians finished with a final round 68 in the foursomes for a 72-hole total of 259, 29-under-par, to finish one shot clear of joint runners-up Ireland and Sweden.
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