NEW ORLEANS (AP) — LIV Golf's inaugural tournament in New Orleans that was scheduled for the end of June is likely to be postponed until the fall, according to multiple reports.
New Orleans television station WDSU and Nola.com were among the first to report Monday the June 25-28 event at Bayou Oaks at City Park was being moved to later in the year.
An announcement by LIV Golf and the Louisiana Economic Development was expected Tuesday.
That would mean LIV Golf would not have any tournaments in the United States for a three-month period from northern Virginia on May 7-10 at Trump National until the Aug. 6-9 tournament at Trump Bedminster in New Jersey.
The development comes two weeks LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil assured staff and players the season would continue “uninterrupted and at full throttle.” O'Neil was responding to speculation the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia would no longer provide financial support to a league that already has spend more than $5 billion since it began in 2022.
LIV Golf is said to be looking to move the New Orleans event to the fall to avoid peak summer temperatures, ensure the course is in championship shape and to avoid attendance and viewership conflicts with the World Cup.
New Orleans is not hosting any World Cup matches.
Louisiana officials said last August when the tournament was announced they had agreed to pay LIV Golf $5 million and spend an additional $2.2 million on improvements to the Bayou Oaks course in City Park.
WDSU reported Louisiana will be repaid $1 million, which the state had already paid to LIV in advance of the tournament.
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FILE - LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil is seen on the course during the pro-am before the start of LIV Golf tournament at Riyadh Golf Club, Feb 5, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Charles Laberge/LIV Golf via AP, File)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Shea Theodore scored on a snap shot from the high slot with 51.5 seconds left in overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Utah Mammoth 5-4 on Monday night after squandering a three-goal lead, tying the first-round playoff series at two games apiece.
Game 5 of the best-of-seven series is Wednesday night in Las Vegas.
The Golden Knights appeared to have won the game earlier in OT when Pavel Dorofeyev tapped in a loose puck with 9:41 left, but the apparent score was waved off when it was determined Vegas was offsides.
Vegas' Brett Howden scored his second goal of the game on a tip-in with 9:35 remaining in the third period, and the goal forced overtime after Utah had stormed back with four straight goals.
The Golden Knights raced out to a 3-0 lead with two goals in the first and one early in the second by Dorofeyev, Howden, and Cole Smith.
Utah countered with four straight scores, capped by Clayton Keller’s wrist shot off a deflection for a 4-3 lead at the 5:10 mark of the third period.
Utah’s Karel Vejmelka had 31 stops. Carter Hart had 29 saves for Vegas.
Facing a three-goal deficit, Utah’s Nick Schmaltz and Ian Cole scored 29 seconds apart in the second period to set the Mammoth’s comeback in motion. Schmaltz got Utah on the board at the 8:04 mark, and Cole followed with a 50-foot slapshot at 8:33 of the second.
Michael Carcone tied it on another slapshot at 1:44 of the third.
Dorofeyev flicked home a wrist shot to put the Golden Knights in front just 72 seconds into the first. Howden then threaded another wrist shot past Vejmelka’s skate for a short-handed goal with 1:22 left in the period.
Smith’s tip-in at 3:27 of the second gave the Golden Knights their third goal.
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Utah Mammoth goaltender Karel Vejmelka, bottom, lays on the ice looking at the puck after giving up the winning goal during the overtime period of Game 4 of a first-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights, Monday, April 27, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Tyler Tate)
Utah Mammoth right wing Clayton Keller, center left, reacts to scoring a goal with teammates Utah Mammoth defenseman MacKenzie Weegar, center right, Utah Mammoth left wing Lawson Crouse, right, and Utah Mammoth defenseman Mikhail Sergachev, left, during the third period of Game 4 of a first-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series, Monday, April 27, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Tyler Tate)
Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Noah Hanifin (15) and Utah Mammoth right wing JJ Peterka (77) look to play the puck along the boards during the first period of Game 4 of a first-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series, Monday, April 27, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Tyler Tate)
Utah Mammoth goaltender Karel Vejmelka blocks the puck with his stick during the second period of Game 4 of a first-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights, Monday, April 27, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Tyler Tate)
Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Carter Hart protects the net during the first period of Game 4 of a first-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series against the Utah Mammoth, Monday, April 27, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Tyler Tate)
