Rory McIlroy eager to regain top ranking

"Does it bother me? Yeah, look, it bothers me I'm not where I want to be."

Rory McIlroy has laughed off the return of an unflattering description of his place in golf's ''Fab Four'' and insists he has the desire to regain top billing.

McIlroy's most recent spell as world number one started after he followed victory in the 2014 Open with another in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, but ended a year later after he returned from being sidelined with an ankle injury suffered playing football.