Rory McIlroy has continued to fuel speculation about his return to action by posting a video of himself driving a ball.

Accompanied with the message, “Feels good to hit the driver again!”, McIlroy shared a short clip on his Instagram account of him playing from a tee.

The world number one has not played since suffering a “total rupture” of left ankle ligaments while playing football with friends a month ago.

There has been no announcement over whether the 26-year-old will play at the US PGA Championship– the year’s final major and another event he won last year – at Whistling Straits next week.

But the Northern Irishman is clearly pleased with his progress with his latest video following another on Wednesday which showed him working in a gym without any apparent discomfort. He has also shared photographs of his ankle from four and three weeks ago saying, “I’ve come a long way since”.