{"id":29115,"date":"2025-08-28T05:14:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/liv-golf-comes-to-new-orleans-in-2026-summer-tournament-in-the-city\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T05:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:14:19","slug":"liv-golf-comes-to-new-orleans-in-2026-summer-tournament-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/golf\/liv-golf-comes-to-new-orleans-in-2026-summer-tournament-in-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"LIV Golf comes to New Orleans in 2026: Summer tournament in the city."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LIV Golf Comes to New Orleans in 2026<\/h2>\n\n\nThe LIV Golf league has announced the addition of a summer tournament in New Orleans for the year 2026. The decision comes after an agreement with the state of Louisiana, which will invest $5 million in the competition and another $2.2 million in improvements to the Bayou Oaks golf course, located in City Park.\n\n\n
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“What an incredible opportunity to announce this on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina,” stated Governor Jeff Landry during the announcement, which was attended by LIV Golf executives and player Bubba Watson.<\/p>\n\nJeff Landry<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nNew Orleans already has the Zurich Classic, a long-standing event on the PGA Tour held at TPC Louisiana. Watson, who grew up about three hours away in Pensacola, Florida, won the Zurich in 2011 and was enthusiastic about the opportunity to play professionally in New Orleans again.\n\n\n

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“I’m from the Gulf Coast and this is part of my home,” Watson said.<\/p>\n\nBubba Watson<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nWatson did not seem concerned about the tournament dates at the end of June, when heat alerts and thunderstorms are common. June is also within the hurricane season, although near the beginning. The Zurich usually takes place in April.\n\n\n

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“This is the first year, so the date can always be changed if he comes here for several years,” Watson said. “It will be hot in a lot of places in the summer. … I grew up in the South; I know what heat is. We just prepare for it.”<\/p>\n\nBubba Watson<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThis season, a LIV Golf tournament was held in Dallas at the end of June, when daytime temperatures were around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.\n\n\n

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“We’ll try it and then we’ll see,” Landry said. “If we have to adjust the dates after this round, we’ll see. But my goal is for this to be the home of LIV.”<\/p>\n\nJeff Landry<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThis year, Louisiana provided economic development funds of approximately $650,000 for marketing and operations to the Zurich Classic. The TPC Louisiana also periodically receives state subsidies for improvements to the course and facilities.\n\nLIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil declined to go into detail about how Louisiana’s $5 million investment to host an event compares to the amount of public funds for events held elsewhere.\n\n\n

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“All markets are unique,” O’Neil said. “They all come with their unique challenges and opportunities.”<\/p>\n\nScott O’Neil<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe organizers estimate that the event will generate around 40 million dollars in economic activity for the local economy.\n\nLandry stated that the agreement with New Orleans “gives us the opportunity to invest” in the field and in City Park, which is more than 170 years old and occupies 1,300 acres, being one of the largest urban parks in the United States.\n\n\n

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“This is a public property,” Landry said. “This area needs revitalization.”<\/p>\n\nJeff Landry<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nLandry doesn’t play golf and said that, in general, he hasn’t attended professional tournaments, partly because fans are expected to be silent. LIV encourages a more lively fan experience than its rival PGA Tour.\n\n\n

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“That’s not me,” Landry said. “That’s why I love LIV Golf. There are no ‘shush’ signs. It’s a party.”<\/p>\n\nJeff Landry<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nLandry dismissed concerns about whether New Orleans could adequately support both a PGA Tour event and a LIV Golf event.\n\n\n

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\u201cI don’t think those events compete with each other,\u201d Landry said. \u201cThis is an opportunity to bring a different group of people to another field.\u201d<\/p>\n\nJeff Landry<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LIV Golf Comes to New Orleans in 2026 The LIV Golf league has announced the addition of a summer tournament in New Orleans for the year 2026. The decision comes after an agreement with the state of Louisiana, which will invest $5 million in the competition and another $2.2 million in improvements to the Bayou […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[163,627,5801,941],"class_list":{"0":"post-29115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-liv-golf","10":"tag-new-orleans","11":"tag-tournament"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}