Mckibbin Has 'no Regrets' Over Liv Golf Switch

Northern Ireland's Tom McKibbin says he has "no regrets" complete joining LIV Golf.

McKibbin made nan move to Jon Rahm's Legion XIII LIV squad contempt securing his PGA Tour paper successful November.

Alongside Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton and Caleb Surratt, nan 22-year-old helped Legion XII triumph nan teams' title and had a champion individual decorativeness of joint-fourth place.

"I'm very glad, I've enjoyed it a lot. I've learnt a batch and I consciousness for illustration my crippled has improved a lot," McKibbin told BBC Sport NI up of nan Irish Open astatine nan K Club.

"I've nary regrets. I emotion being there, and being capable to travel and play immoderate events complete present is really bully arsenic well."

After signing up to nan lucrative LIV Golf, McKibbin says he is "fortunate" to beryllium a multi-millionaire astatine only 22 years of age.

However, while he says nan financial facet of nan Saudi-backed play convention is simply a plus, his information erstwhile he steps retired connected nan tee is to effort and win.

"With really play is now, location is simply a batch of money astir it. To beryllium portion of it and beryllium capable to use from it is good, but I want to fto my play do nan talking and that's much important," he said.

"I want to triumph more. It is life-changing and to beryllium fortunate capable to person that is nice, but hopefully I tin get a fewer much wins."

McKibbin is eligible to play astatine nan Irish Open arsenic nan conflict betwixt nan PGA Tour and LIV Golf has yet to beryllium resolved.

That meant he has been capable to clasp his DP World Tour rank while playing nether nan LIV banner.

The Holywood golfer says he hopes location is simply a solution truthful he tin proceed to play astatine nan Irish Open and different tournaments successful nan coming years.

"I deliberation everyone conscionable wants it to activity retired and play together," said McKibbin.

"We're each hopeful it tin happen, truthful hopefully this isn't my past 1 [Irish Open] for a while.

"I've still sewage rank and position here, and I'd emotion to play whenever I can. It's bully to travel backmost to events for illustration this.

"There's immoderate large tournaments and nationalist Opens to play. I want to effort and triumph those, truthful there's decidedly thing important for maine still here."