Rory McIlroy birdied three of his final four holes on Friday to get inside the cut line at the Australian Open.

The world's No. 2-ranked player was in danger of missing the weekend at Royal Melbourne Golf Club following a bogey on the par-5 14th hole that included a whiffed shot from under the trees and dropped him to 1-over par for the tournament. McIlroy promptly birdied the following hole and added two more birdies to close his round and card a 3-under 68.

McIlroy is 2 under for the tournament, with the cut line falling at 1 under. The Northern Irishman will begin Saturday's third round seven shots off the lead shared by Denmark's Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen and Portugal's Daniel Rodrigues, who is currently No. 1,319 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Australia's Min Woo Lee is one sh

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