Rory McIlroy’s mentee ignores advice, signs with Jon Rahm’s LIV team

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, Tyrrell Hatton, and Caleb Surratt. McKibbin hails from Northern Ireland and grew up playing at Holywood Golf Club, the same course Rory McIlroy played as a youth.

McKibbin has long admired McIlroy, looking up to him as a mentor. The two even held multiple conversations about this topic throughout December.

“I said to him, ‘If I were in your shoes, I would make a different choice than the one you’re thinking of

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