Growing up in the same town as his hero Rory McIlroy, McKibbin faced a significant amount of pressure to follow in his footsteps.
The youngest golfer with a card on the DP World Tour was unfazed by the comparisons from the people around him and it took him just 26 starts to become a winner.
McKibbin tells us how he made his way to a maiden victory this year.
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