Scottie Scheffler enjoying world number one scrap with Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy

Scottie Scheffler is enjoying the three-way battle for world number one (Jane Barlow/PA)

Scottie Scheffler is enjoying the almost-weekly battle to be world number one with Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy even if he still trails the pair in terms of career victories.

The 26-year-old made his major breakthrough at last year’s Masters, one of four wins in a two-month hot streak, and added a fifth title with victory at February’s WM Phoenix Open.