Throughout much of his 22-minute interview session with the assembled media at the RBC Canadian Open on Wednesday morning, Rory McIlroy openly hemmed and hawed, as if trying to rationalize and reconcile his reformed position in real-time about a golf world that's been tilted off its axis.
When it came to the rival league, though, the one he's been so adamantly defiant toward for the past 18 months, he didn't mince words.
“I still hate LIV,” McIlroy explained. “Like, I hope it goes away.”
It's still a bit unclear exactly what he hates about LIV. The lack of serious competition? The money-grab? Greg Norman? Shotgun starts, shorts and pervasive music?