Rory McIlroy invites 13-year-old Antrim golfer to play in Irish Open pro-am

A teenager from the North, Tom McKibbin, has been invited to play alongside Rory McIlroy in the pro-am ahead of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open on May 18.

McKibbin, 13, took up golf just before his ninth birthday and won the Junior Honda Classic in Florida earlier this year. In August 2015 he won the World Junior Championships aged 12. McIlroy won the same event at the age of nine.