NEW ORLEANS — The LIV Golf League has added a summer tournament in New Orleans for 2026 after Louisiana agreed to pay the Saudi-backed tour $5 million and spend an additional $2.2 million on improvements to the Bayou Oaks course in City Park.

“What an unbelievable opportunity to announce this on the 20th-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina,” Gov. Jeff Landry said at an announcement alongside LIV Golf officials and LIV player Bubba Watson.

New Orleans already has a long-running PGA Tour stop, the Zurich Classic, at TPC Louisiana. Watson — who grew up about three hours away in Pensacola, Florida — won the Zurich in 2011 and hailed his opportunity to play professionally in New Orleans again.

“I'm from the Gulf Coast and this is part my home," Watson said, drawing laughs when he joked abo

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