McKibbin set for shock move to Rahm's LIV Golf team

Northern Ireland's Tom McKibbin is acceptable for a daze power to articulation Jon Rahm's LIV Golf squad successful a lucrative multi-year deal.

McKibbin claimed a PGA Tour paper successful November aft finishing among the apical 10 players without a paper successful the DP World Tour's Race to Dubai.

However, the 22-year-old volition forgo a debut play connected the PGA Tour to instrumentality the last spot successful Rahm's Legion XIII team.

He volition articulation two-time large victor Rahm, England's Tyrrell Hatton and the USA's Caleb Surratt successful the four-player outfit.

McKibbin would go the 2nd subordinate from Northern Ireland to marque the power to LIV Golf aft 2010 US Open victor Graeme McDowell joined the Saudi Arabia-backed circuit successful 2022.

The LIV Golf play begins successful Riyadh successful Saudi Arabia connected 6 February.

McKibbin is playing successful the Team Cup lawsuit successful Dubai this week and is scheduled to vie successful the DP World Tour's Dubai Desert Classic adjacent week.

The Holywood golfer has besides qualified for this year's Open Championship, which volition beryllium held astatine Royal Portrush.

McKibbin turned nonrecreational successful April 2021 and won his archetypal DP World Tour lawsuit successful June 2023 astatine the Porsche European Open successful Germany. He besides mislaid successful a play-off astatine this year's Italian Open.