Top trio of McIlroy, Spieth, Day battling for No. 1 - Yahoo Sports

"I'm sort of holding this ranking, I feel, based on how I played last year," admitted McIlroy, whose 2015 campaign was disrupted by a left ankle injury that forced him out of the British Open. "But I've got a good run of events coming up to put another couple of wins on the board before the end of the year, and I feel I'm playing well enough to do that. McIlroy regained the world number one ranking last week without lifting a club when Spieth missed the cut at the Barclays to bring his two-week reign at the top to an end. Day, who reached a career-high third in the world with his PGA Championship triumph last month, won the Barclays to give himself a shot at the summit this week as well. 99 average world ranking points put him just 1. 36 points behind the 12. 35 of McIlroy, with Spieth in the middle on 12. 22. Before teeing off, at least, each man was willing to defer to another when asked who's the best right now. "You'd have to say Jordan," said McIlroy, pointing to the 22-year-old Spieth's two major titles among four wins in 2015. "I believe that Jason is number one right now," said Spieth, in deference to the red-hot Day's three wins since July. "I honestly believe that I'm playing some good golf right now (but) you can't look at the world rankings and say 'Yes I'm the best player in the world but I'm third in the world rankings. Source: sports.yahoo.com