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McIlroy hungry to improve after 'lost year'

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Sep 27, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; Rory McIlroy chips onto the second green during the final round of the …

LONDON (Reuters) - 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.