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Mon 04 Apr 2007McIlroy juggernaut rumbles onWest of Ireland Championship:Rory McIlroy stood head and shoulders above the rest at Rosses Point yesterday, but the 17-year-old Holywood star still wasn't happy with his game despite cruising into the last 16 of the Radisson-SAS West of Ireland Championship.After a casual performance in the second qualifying round on Saturday, when he shot a four-over-par 75, the reigning champion came out firing on all cylinders and left Portmarnock's David Kelleher on the receiving end of a 2 and 1 first round defeat.