Rory McIlroy has told the PGA Tour he will not play the Bridgestone Invitational next week as he recovers from his ankle injury.
It will be the second straight tournament McIlroy will miss as defending champion.
He injured his left ankle while playing soccer with friends in Northern Ireland the first weekend in July and was unable to defend his British Open title at St Andrews.
McIlroy did not indicate on Wednesday whether he would be able to play the PGA Championship on August 13-16 at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.
He won the PGA Championship last year for his fourth career major.
Jordan Spieth will have another chance to replace McIlroy at No. 1 in the world next week at Firestone.
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