Northern Irish 19-year-old Tom McKibbin says comparisons to compatriot and world number one Rory McIlroy “do not faze him any more”.
McKibbin secured his DP World Tour card for next season with a superb closing 66 at the Challenge Tour’s Grand Final.
His performance in Majorca last week was his eighth top-10 finish on this season’s Challenge Tour.
“I don’t bother with comparisons any more. I try and stay out of it, don’t listen to any of that,” said McKibbin.
The teenager is the youngest Irish golfer since McIlroy to clinch a Tour card.
“Being compared [to Rory] is obviously a huge honour. I’ve heard it for so long, seven or eight years now, that it doesn’t even faze me any more. I’m used to it,” added the Galgorm Castle touring professional.
“Rory has been phenomenal. I’ve got to play a lot of golf with him and pick his brain. That has been a huge help.”