LIV Golf Louisiana has been postponed, pushing the New Orleans tournament off its June 25 start date and into a possible fall return, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and economic development secretary Susan Bourgeois said Tuesday.
The state and the league are now working toward what officials called a re-envisioned event later this year. A source with knowledge of LIV Golf’s operations said the league was working with Louisiana officials to find a fall date, while Landry and Bourgeois said they looked forward to maintaining their partnership and continuing conversations about an event later in 2026.
The postponement matters because Louisiana had been set to spend about $7 million to bring the tournament to New Orleans. The state reportedly put about $2 million into improvements at Bayou Oaks at City Park and agreed to another $5 million in hosting fees, with only a little more than $3 million spent so far. LIV Golf is reportedly set to return $1.2 million to Louisiana.
Bourgeois publicly reached out to LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil after reports questioned the league’s financial future, and the two spoke Friday, agreeing to delay the event as the league’s business model changes. The move comes after multiple media outlets reported earlier this month that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund was set to withdraw its investment in LIV Golf, though O’Neil wrote to staff on April 15 that the league was fully funded, continuing exactly as planned and operating “uninterrupted and at full throttle.” LIV Golf still held its Mexico City event earlier this month as scheduled.
LIV Golf, which started in 2022 and has reportedly lost a significant amount of money, was scheduled to stage five events in the United States this season. Its next event is set for May 7 at President Donald Trump’s Virginia golf course, and the season is scheduled to finish with the team championship in Michigan from Aug. 27-30. For Louisiana, the pause leaves the state waiting on a tournament it had already started paying for, and for LIV Golf, it adds one more sign that its plans are being reshaped even as it insists the tour remains on track.
