LONDON — The form shown by Jordan Spieth and Jason Day this season has given Rory McIlroy the hunger to improve his golf game and make up for a "lost year", the Northern Irishman said on Friday.
Four-times major winner McIlroy has dropped from first to third in the world behind number two Day and the top-ranked Spieth.
Spieth and Day have both pulled off a string of victories this year, with the American landing the U.S. Masters, U.S. Open and FedExCup playoff crowns and the Australian winning the U.S. PGA Championship.
"It's motivating to see what these guys are doing," McIlroy told the BBC.