Pictures of the week: 8-14 December

Last week saw Corey Pavin named the new US Ryder Cup captain, Annika Sorenstam retire from golf and a South African double in the form of Tim Clark and Richard Sterne at the Australian Open and Alfred Dunhill Championship respectively. Here is the week in pictures

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Rory McIlroy was also relaxed before the Alfred Dunhill Championship, and despite missing the cut remains on course to make his US Masters debut after he held on to 50th place in the world rankings

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