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A mixed-team golf event will be held at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles following approval by the International Olympic Committee executive board.<\/b><\/p>\n
Organisers have said it will contested as 36-hole competition across two 18-hole rounds – foursomes and fourball – with a maximum of one team per country.<\/p>\n
Teams will be comprised of one male and one female athlete from the individual men’s and women’s competitions being held at the Games.<\/p>\n
The group event will take place in between the men’s and the women’s competitions at the Riviera Country Club.<\/p>\n
Golf returned to the Olympics at Rio 2016 after an absence of over a century, and LA 2028 will see the first team competition since St Louis Games of 1904.<\/p>\n
International Golf Federation executive director Antony Scanlon said: “We’re excited to bring even more attention to our sport through this additional format.<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
TeamGB’s Justin Rose won gold<\/a> in the men’s individual event in Rio just under a decade ago while Tommy Fleetwood picked up the silver medal<\/a> at Paris 2024.<\/p>\n Golf is one of six sports – joining archery, athletics (4x100m mixed relay), gymnastics, rowing coastal beach sprint and table tennis – to add a mixed-gender competition for LA 2028.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n