The ongoing rift in the golf world has created plenty of wild narratives, and another appeared to be developing this week when PGA Tour loyalist Rory McIlroy publicly advised friend and fellow

Rory McIlroy said he advised good friend and fellow countryman Tom McKibbin against bolting for LIV Golf because he didn’t believe the sacrifice, at this stage of his career, was worth it.

Currently, the golfer most talked about from Holywood Golf Club is not Rory McIlroy but young Tom McKibbin. At 22, McKibbin is on a solid career track, earning one of the 10 PGA Tour cards out of the DP World Tour last year, but intrigue abounds around the young Ulsterman’s future.