The bumper crowd following Rory McIlroy at Royal Melbourne got their money's worth as he produced a box office end to the round to ensure he made the cut at the Australian Open.

Fans, and sponsors, will be delighted that tournament headliner McIlroy will be around at the weekend - but it didn't look that way after a bogey on the 14th left him outside the cut mark.

Stuck under a huge bush on 14, McIlroy attempted a Seve-esque escape while stooping under the foliage, but produced a rare air shot, with a brisk swipe of his iron whipping above the ball and hitting nothing but thin air. You may like

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