Rory McIlroy savagely trolls LIV Golf lawyer with snappy answer after PGA win ruling

Rory McIlroy was clearly delighted at LIV Golf losing their case for a temporary restraining order to play in the FedEx Cup this week, even taking a shot at their lawyer in his pre-tournament press conference on Wednesday. LIV trio Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones would have been eligible to play in the FedEx Cup Playoffs due to their end-of-season rankings.

But their move to play in the Saudi-backed league saw PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan ban them from competing in the FedEx Cup completely. An antitrust lawsuit was filed by 11 LIV golfers last week in an attempt to challenge their suspensions from the PGA Tour.

It also included a temporary restraining order from the court to allow Gooch, Swafford and Jones to play in the FedEx Cup. That hearing was heard earlier this week in what proved to be an eventful case from both sides.

LIV's lawyer compared the FedEx Cup to the "Super Bowl of golf" while they also appeared to indicate the Saudi-backed series had lied about the prize purses after claiming the huge money on offer to those competing at events would be 'recouped against their contracts'. Ultimately, Judge Beth Labson Freeman ruled in favour of the PGA Tour and upheld their ban on LIV golfers competing in the FedEx Cup.

The Judge ruled that the trio had not suitably "made their case" to have their suspensions lifted while also being "well aware of the consequences" they would face by taking LIV's mega-money contracts. McIlroy has been one of the most outspoken PGA Tour players against LIV and was unsurprisingly asked about the recent turn of events in his pre-tournament press conference.

And the four-time major champion took a shot at LIV's lawyer with a snappy response when asked whether he thought