BELFAST star Tom McKibbin has landed a pretty payout after his debut for LIV Golf. The 22-year-old penned a multi-million dollar deal with the tour to join Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII team. It is

Tom McKibbin walked away from his LIV Golf debut with an extra $1.03million in the bank after he tied for 15th in Riyadh and his Legion XIII romped to a 13-shot win in the team event.

There is another side that believes that the Northern Irish golfer made a good move, feeling that the PGA Tour will lose the status it has.

The Holywood man was asked about compatriot Rory McIlroy’s comments in Dubai about his move, how he would be potentially sacrificing playing in the Ryder Cup and Majors, which he said was “definitely in his mind”. “But to me, I wasn’t in any of those anyway,” McKibbin said.

The Saudi-backed league signed one of the rising stars of the established tours in Northern Irelands Tom McKibbin over the winter and he won on debut as part of Jon Rahms Legion XIII team; Adrian Mero

McKibbin, 22, had earned his PGA Tour card for this year, but now he heads to LIV Golf, where he joins Jon Rahm's Legion XIII.

Tom McKibbin has made an impressive start to life on the LIV Golf League and Jon Rahm has opened up on how the youngster's move to Legion XIII came about