LIV golfers considering playing on DP World Tour after postponement of New Orleans event

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LIV golfers are said to be considering playing on the DP World Tour after the postponement of LIV's New Orleans event.The £22million tournament was originally scheduled for June, but organisers cited summer heat as a reason for the delay.The Saudi-backed league announced it would seek an alternative autumn date for the New Orleans event, stating it wished to avoid "the peak summer heat and the crowded global sports calendar".Critics have pointed out that neither factor should have caught organisers off guard, given that they were in the schedule or likely well in advance.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Louisiana's sweltering Gulf Coast summers have been well documented for decades, whilst the World Cup was awarded to the United States, Canada and Mexico back in 2018.With the cancellation, no LIV Golf event will be held in the US from May 10 to August 6, missing the key summer months of June and July.Only three tournaments are available for LIV Golf players from the end of May to the...

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