Tindall broke his usual three-pick rule to add Portrush member Tom McKibbin at 90/1 each-way (ten places). The 22-year-old grew up on the same Holywood fairways as Rory McIlroy and has played “many hundreds” of rounds at Royal Portrush, carrying decade-long membership. After winning the 2023 Porsche European Open, McKibbin joined LIV in 2025 and has found form at the perfect time: 5th at LIV Dallas (1st in Scrambling) and 4th at LIV Andalucia, ranking 3rd All-Around in both. He’s four-for-four in major cuts and finished 10th at Wentworth, another Harry Colt layout. Tindall likened the local-knowledge angle to Matthew Jordan’s 10th at Hoylake in 2023 and believes the Northern Irishman’s intimate course familiarity, current short-game sharpness and raucous home galleries give him legitimate top-10 upside at triple-digit odds, with bigger 110/1 and 125/1 alternatives available for fewer places.

Wes Reynolds highlighted Tom McKibbin at 150-1 (Circa Sports) as the ultimate home-course dart. The 22-year-old Northern Irishman is a member at Royal Portrush and knows Dunluce Links better than anyone in the field. McKibbin brings form too: he’s logged top-5 finishes in his last two LIV events, including 4th at Valderrama, and owns six worldwide top-7s this season. With intimate course knowledge and confidence surging, Reynolds argued the local kid has genuine top-10 and even upset potential at massive odds.

Matt Gannon circled Northern Irishman Tom McKibbin as his favorite triple-digit stab, grabbing 170-1 on a player who nearly won at Valderrama earlier in the day. A local caddie told Gannon that McKibbin has logged countless rounds at Portrush and feels completely comfortable shaping shots around the course’s quirky sight-lines. Recent form backs it up—McKibbin’s top-3 at Valderrama featured +5.2 strokes gained approach—and Gannon believes home-course familiarity plus peaking ball-striking create real top-five equity at a lottery ticket price.