Rory relishing life as No 1

Rory McIlroy is relishing the chance to stand up and be the man with a target on his back as the new world No 1.

Getting to the top of the rankings has been a burden for players in the past but McIlroy welcomes the attention and has no intention of giving up top spot any time soon.

He said: “It depends on the way your mind works and I do thrive in the spotlight and I like the attention, not that I am attention seeker. But you know you are doing something right if you are in the spotlight. I suppose it is inevitable I will lose the number one ranking at some point but hopefully that doesn’t happen for a long time.”