Tyrrell Hatton sends Tom McKibbin warning to LIV Golf rivals on the back of £4 million move

Tom McKibbin opted to articulation Tyrrell Hatton and Jon Rahm astatine Legion XIII for the 2025 LIV Golf season, and Hatton could not talk highly capable of his caller teammate

Tyrrell Hatton has hyped up his caller LIV Golf teammate Tom McKibbin, after the Northern Irishman opted to articulation his caller teammate astatine Legion XIII this season.

McKibbin completed a daze move to the LIV setup earlier this month, completing a woody worthy a reported £4 million. In doing so, the 22-year-old strengthened the Legion XIII roster, joining 2 of the league's biggest names successful Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton, arsenic good arsenic rising prima Caleb Surratt.

And the Northern Irishman has enjoyed a beardown commencement to beingness connected the LIV circuit, carding a seven-under-par 65 successful the opening circular successful Riyadh, followed by a three-under 69 a time later.

On the backmost of his blistery start, Hatton spoke highly of his caller teammate, successful what volition beryllium a informing to the remainder of the LIV roster with Legion XIII lone getting stronger. "Yeah, he's a fantastic player, and to beryllium honest, helium doesn't truly look similar helium has immoderate weaknesses," said Hatton.

"He drives the shot great, hits it a agelong way, looks precise bully with the wedges and rolls it nicely.When you're accordant crossed each aspects of the game, you're going to beryllium determination oregon thereabouts. Yeah, he's a fantastic player. Like I said earlier, I deliberation we each expect him to bash beauteous good retired here.

"It'll instrumentality a small spot of clip for him to get utilized to it with the warm-up concern connected the scope and uncovering a bushed and being acceptable to spell straightaway erstwhile you get connected the golf course, but truthful acold he's dealt with that truly well." There was plentifulness to get utilized to for McKibbin, including a shotgun start, squad scoring, and nighttime golf, with the opening lawsuit taking spot nether the lights successful Riyadh.

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The caller surroundings nevertheless is thing helium is enjoying truthful far. "Yeah, it was evidently precise different," helium said of his archetypal circular earlier this week. "The warm-up. I've ne'er experienced before. It was decidedly a antithetic experience.

"I wouldn't truly accidental I was excessively nervous. I was probablymore anxious and not definite astir however it was going to go, particularly with playing astatine night, thing that nary of america person ne'er truly experienced.

"But I deliberation benignant of being capable to get that retired of the mode contiguous and cognize what's coming for the adjacent mates of days is good. As I said, it was thing precise antithetic but precise pleased that it didn't impact maine excessively much." The Northern Irishman besides welcomed LIV's determination to play euphony astir the people during play.

"I truly liked the music," helium claimed. "I deliberation the euphony was ace cool, and past that halftime amusement lasting connected the 4th tee watching that was beauteous awesome. I deliberation each of america successful the radical really, truly enjoyed that."