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After plunging new depths at the PGA Championship with his first missed cut at the major, Tiger Woods faces the once unthinkable prospect of being ranked outside the world's top 50 when he next competes.
His next scheduled event is the November 10-13 Australian Open and, should he not play a tournament before then, the former world number one would slide down to the high fifties in the rankings.
This would be a remarkable scenario for Woods, the greatest golfer of his generation and arguably of all time who has already won 14 major titles in a glittering career.