Rory McIlroy is butt of 'tears' joke by salty LIV Golf rebels after latest mega-money event

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Rory McIlroy was the butt of the jokes by some LIV Golf Series rebels.Cameron Smith faced the media during last week's LIV Golf series event in Chicago - a competition in which he won, netting a whopping £3.5 million after finishing 13 under par.The Australian star joined the Saudi-backed LIV in August, signing a deal worth a reported £118 million deal. READ MORE: Paige Spiranac 'felt bad' for Bryson DeChambeau after horror US Open before feud startedGolf ace McIlroy has been one of the vocal critics of the LIV Series, even trying to get Smith to remain with the established PGA Tour.After the first round in Chicago, Akili Johnson, of DrunkByTheTurn asked a peculiar question to Smith after the Aussie beat McIlroy at St Andrew's: "I just wanted to reflect on you being the 150th winner of The Open.

I know you'd spoken about how many beers you could fit in the Claret Jug," Johnson said.Do you think the LIV Series could become bigger than the PGA Tour?

Let us know in the comments section."I think it was two. I just want to know, how many of Rory McIlroy's tears were you able to fit in it after it?"The question went down well with Smith, the team captain, as well as playing partners Matthew Wolff and Phil Mickelson.

But Smith refused to answer the question. “I'm not answering that,' he said with a smile.Earlier this week, the LIV CEO Greg Norman admitted that he used the lure of a 25 per cent stake in one of the tour's franchises to persuade Smith to defect from the PGA Tour.“You've got to think about it from Cam's perspective, he completely understood one thing that other people are struggling to understand: the value LIV Golf brings, and that new value is the franchise,' Norman told the Sydney Morning Herald.“Cam knows about.