Tom McKibbin: NI player set for shock LIV Golf switch with Jon Rahm

Northern Ireland’s Tom McKibbin is set for a shock switch to join Jon Rahm’s LIV Golf team in a lucrative multi-year deal.

McKibbin claimed a PGA Tour card in November after finishing among the top 10 players without a card in the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai.

However, the 22-year-old will forgo the PGA Tour to take the final spot in Rahm’s Legion XIII team.

He will join Rahm, England’s Tyrrell Hatton and the USA’s Caleb Surratt in the four-player outfit.

McKibbin would become the second player from Northern Ireland to make the switch to LIV Golf after 2010 US Open winner Graeme McDowell joined the Saudi Arabia-backed tour in 2022.

The LIV Golf season begins in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia on 6 February.

McKibbin is playing in the Team Cup event in Dubai this week and will play in the Dubai Desert Classic next week.