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Sun 09 Sep 2008McIlroy pays price in Swiss play-off
European Masters: Rory McIlroy was a five-foot putt away from becoming the third youngest winner in European Tour history today - and then saw it all go horribly wrong.
The Holywood teenager lost the Omega European Masters to Frenchman Jean-Francois Lucquin at the second hole of a play-off at Crans-sur-Sierre in Switzerland.
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