Justin Rose comments on rumors that Rory McIlroy's close friend Tom McKibbin will join LIV Golf in 2025 and Jon Rahm's team.

Tom McKibbin, who recently secured his PGA Tour card for the 2025 season, is playing coy over reports of a possible jump to LIV Golf.

Speaking to Golf Digest Middle East on Wednesday at the DP World Tour’s Team Cup in Abu Dhabi, the 22-year-old McKibbin declined to discuss multiple recent reports that he was nearing a deal to join Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII team.

TOM McKIBBIN has refused to rule out a move to LIV Golf after being linked with a shock switch to the Saudi breakaway. The 22-year-old ace has been strongly linked with a move to join the Legion

I’m not gonna make any comments this week out of respect for Justin [Rose] and Luke [Donald] and this tournament, said McKibbin.

Tom played good. He drove the ball really well, which was good, because I was spraying it sideways after the fourth hole or whatever,” said Hatton of McKibbin – a likely new team-mate of his also in LIV,

The 22-year-old is reportedly set to pen a multi-year deal to join Jon Rahm's Legion XIII side, just a few months after securing a PGA Tour card via the DP World Tour