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McIlroy, who became number one for the ninth
time in October, slipped to second last weekend after Scheffler
retained his Phoenix Open title but is only 0.5 points behind
the American.
"I've got a chance to get it back this week," the Northern
Irishman told reporters ahead of the opening round at Riviera
County Club in Pacific Palisades.
"Hopefully it's a bit of a sort of hot potato thing where me,
Scottie and Jon (Rahm) sort of pass it around a little bit
because it means we're all playing great golf.
"I think it's a really cool thing to be ranked number one in
whatever you do, but I think it just goes to show the level of
depth and the level of talent that's out here," the 33-year-old
added.
McIlroy said he had lost the top ranking to Scheffler despite
not playing poorly.
"I literally have one average week, it wasn't even a bad week,
just an average week, and there's always someone waiting to
overtake you or to come and try to take that mantle from you,"
he added.
Tournament host Tiger Woods has also committed to playing at the
event, which will mark his first non-major PGA Tour start since
October 2020.
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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