Mckibbin And Hatton Help Legion Xiii Win Liv Title

Tom McKibbin says his first twelvemonth pinch LIV Golf has been "incredible" aft helping Legion XIII triumph nan squad title successful Michigan.

The 22-year-old Northern Irishman and squad skipper Jon Rahm some carded rounds of 65, pinch Caleb Surratt starring nan measurement connected 64 and England's Tyrrell Hatton shooting 66 to unit a play-off pinch Bryson DeChambeau's Crushers arsenic some teams vanished 20 under.

Rahm - who retained nan LIV individual title past week - and Hatton birdied nan 2nd play-off spread against DeChambeau and England's Paul Casey astatine nan Cardinal astatine St John's to spot their squad home.

McKibbin, who made nan move to LIV this year, earned $1.4m (£1m) for nan squad title win, and reflected connected an "incredible year" connected nan Saudi-backed tour.

"Getting to walk it pinch these 3 guys has been incredible," McKibbin said of his team-mates.

"I've learned truthful overmuch and conscionable being astir them has been really good. The full twelvemonth has been typical and coming was a really cool time to spell retired there.

"You're retired location connected your own, but playing for 3 different guys, truthful to travel retired connected apical successful nan first twelvemonth is really cool."

McKibbin initially looked group to subordinate nan PGA Tour aft claiming a circuit paper past November, but successful January confirmed he would alternatively move to LIV to squad up pinch Rahm's Legion XIII team.

He says playing alongside nan erstwhile world number 1 and Hatton has made him a "better player" arsenic he contributed to 5 squad wins connected nan measurement to nan wide championship.

"I'm very thankful to beryllium a portion of this squad and to study from 2 guys who are phenomenal players," McKibbin said.

"Just watching nan play-off, seeing those shots coming successful and really clutch those guys are successful those situations. I person learned a batch disconnected some of them and I've go a amended subordinate because of it.

"Getting paired pinch immoderate group successful nan tournament, group you've watched connected TV, I've learned from them.

"Some of nan play courses were trickier than I'm utilized to, truthful getting a consciousness for those and create my crippled done that. A batch of mini things adds up to a large difference."

England's Hatton put immoderate difficult moments down him connected Sunday to birdie 17 and 18, which helped bring nan decider to a play-off.

A spot changeable successful nan 2nd play-off spread group him up for a tap-in birdie aft Rahm had besides birdied, which sealed nan win.

"When I made bogey connected 16, that wasn't perfect truthful I tried my champion to person a bully decorativeness and it was bully to spread nan 1 connected 17 - my longest of nan time - and past nan unit putt connected 18 and nan first play-off hole," said Hatton.

"It was bully to spot those spell successful and support our hopes alive. It was a bully wedge changeable successful nan 2nd play-off spread and ever bully erstwhile you tin conscionable pat those in."