McIlroy Back After Injury To Play at PGA Championship

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy played his third consecutive day of golf at Whistling Straits on Monday, site of the 97th PGA Championship, and declared himself fit to defend his title after sustaining an ankle injury on July 4.

"To play golf, it's 100 percent," McIlroy said Monday of his ankle. "To go back on a soccer pitch, it wouldn't be quite ready. But to do what I need to do this week, it's 100 percent."

The Northern Irishman suffered ligament damage in his left ankle while playing soccer with some friends in a "kick-about" on July 4. He hasn't played since the final round of the U.S. Open on June 21 and withdrew from The Open at St. Andrews as well as last week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. He was the defending champion at those two events.