Tom McKibbin has already made €2.8m in prize money on the DP World Tour, but while his move to LIV Golf will earn him multiples of that figure, it remains to be seen if his decision to sign for the Saudi-funded league proves to be a calculated gamble or an ill-advised money move. Despite being advised by his sometime mentor Rory McIlroy not to go to LIV Golf and play 54-hole events against diminished fields for no world ranking points, jeopardising his chances of qualifying for the majors and the Ryder Cup, the 22-year-old may be gambling on a swift end to golf's civil war.
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Brian Keogh: Tom McKibbin to LIV - Fatal error or calculated gamble?
Tom McKibbin has already made €2.8m in prize money on the DP World Tour, but while his move to LIV Golf will earn him multiples of that figure, it remains to be seen if his decision to sign for the Saudi-funded league proves to be a calculated gamble or an ill-advised money move.