ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Tom McKibbin may very well be headed to the LIV Golf League, just a few weeks after securing a card to play on the PGA Tour.
When requested Wednesday a few potential transfer to the Saudi-funded breakaway circuit, the Northern Irish golfer advised Golf Digest Center East: “I am not going to make any feedback this week.”
The No. 110-ranked McKibbin, 22, was talking whereas making ready to play within the Workforce Cup, an unofficial occasion to get potential European gamers prepared for the Ryder Cup in September at Bethpage Black.
McKibbin will probably be enjoying for Britain and Eire, captained by Justin Rose, in opposition to gamers from Continental Europe underneath the gaze of European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald.
McKibbin mentioned he did not wish to touch upon the LIV Golf experiences “out of respect for Luke and Justin and this match.”
“It is a workforce occasion,” he mentioned, “so simply making an attempt to present my finest to the workforce and see what number of factors I can get.”
McKibbin’s potential transfer to LIV Golf was first reported by Spanish web site TenGolf.
He grew up enjoying on the identical membership — Holywood Golf Membership — as compatriot Rory McIlroy.
McKibbin was embraced by McIlroy after studying he had secured his PGA Tour card — courtesy of the factors he gained throughout the European tour season — after the World Tour Championship in Dubai in November.
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