Tom McKibbin has opted to choose LIV Golf over the PGA Tour, after the Northern Irishman was announced as Jon Rahm's latest Legion XIII signing for the 2025 season

Tom McKibbin has become the latest star to make the move to LIV Golf, just months after securing a full card on the PGA Tour for the first time heading into the 2025 season

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Northern Ireland's Tom McKibbin has spurned the advice of mentor Rory McIlroy and is giving up a PGA Tour card to join Saudi-backed LIV Golf.

Rumours of a potential move to LIV Golf surfaced around three weeks ago and were confirmed by Rory McIlroy at the recent Hero Dubai Desert Classic.

Tom McKibbin learned to play golf at Holywood GC in Northern Ireland, the same golf club as Rory McIlroy; the 22-year-old gives up the PGA Tour card he won for 2025 season to join LIV Golf where he teams up with Jon Rahms Legion XIII;

Rory McIlroy confirmed in a conversation with the media that he received several phone calls from this golfer, who had doubts about becoming part of LIV Golf.

Holywood golf club star Tom McKibbin has decided not to heed his mentor Rory McIlroy's advice - with Jon Rahm confirming that the 22-year-old Northern Irishman has joined his Legion XIII team for the upcoming LIV Golf season.

Jon Rahm has made a splash signing before his second LIV Golf season. Twenty-two-year-old Tom McKibbin, who is currently 21st in the European Ryder Cup rankings, will join Rahm’s Legion XIII and play alongside him,

There is another side that believes that the Northern Irish golfer made a good move, feeling that the PGA Tour will lose the status it has.