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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.<\/b><\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
However, the 22-year-old will forgo a debut season on the PGA Tour to take the final spot in Rahm’s Legion XIII team.<\/p>\n
He will join two-time major winner Rahm, England’s Tyrrell Hatton and the USA’s Caleb Surratt in the four-player outfit. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The LIV Golf season begins in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia on 6 February.<\/p>\n
McKibbin is playing in the Team Cup event in Dubai this week and is scheduled to compete in the DP World Tour’s Dubai Desert Classic next week. <\/p>\n
The Holywood golfer has also qualified for this year’s Open Championship, which will be held at Royal Portrush. <\/p>\n
McKibbin turned professional in April 2021 and won his first DP World Tour event in June 2023 at the Porsche European Open in Germany. He also lost in a play-off at this year’s Italian Open. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n