Mixed-team golf event to debut at 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games with one male and one female player per side
Golf mixed-team event added to 2028 Los Angeles Olympics; competition will feature one male and one female player and be played over 36 holes; individual men's and women's golf events returned to Olympic schedule in 2016; Justin Rose, Scottie Scheffler and Nelly Korda have since won gold
Wednesday 16 April 2025 00:02, UK
A mixed-team golf event will debut at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics with sides featuring one female and one male player.
The mixed competition - which will take place between the men's and women's individual tournaments - will be a 36-hole event split across 18 holes of foursomes and 18 of fourballs.
There is a maximum of one team per country.
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Men's and women's individual tournaments returned to the Olympic schedule in 2016 with Justin Rose, Scottie Scheffler, Nelly Korda and Lydia Ko among those to win gold since.
International Golf Federation director Antony Scanlon said: "Golf was incredibly successful at Paris 2024 and as we continue building on the momentum from Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, we're excited to bring even more attention to our sport through this additional format.
"The athletes were very enthusiastic about their desire to play with their compatriots, and we look forward to watching them compete together in Los Angeles."
World No 1 Scheffler, who won gold in the men's individual event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, said: "It sounds like some of us may have another opportunity to win a gold medal for our country, which is always cool.
"A mixed-team event should be fun. As far as the Olympics goes, any time you get to go and represent your country, it's a really special feeling."
Golf now joins archery, athletics, gymnastics, rowing coastal beach sprint and table tennis as the sports to feature a mixed-gender competition for the 2028 Olympics.
Golf was part of the 1900 Paris Games and then the 1904 Olympics in St Louis before dropping off the programme until it was reinstated nine years ago in Rio de Janeiro.
