The 2028 Los Angeles Games will host the inaugural Olympic Golf Mixed-Team Event, the IOC announced on Tuesday.
The new contest will be a complement to the men's and women's individual competitions. The mixed-team event will allow one team from each country consisting of one male and one female golfer who have already qualified for the individual golf events.
The mixed-team event will be a 36-hole competition. The first 18 holes played will consist of foursomes playing alternate shots, then the second and final 18 holes will be four-ball, also known as best ball. The mixed-team competition will take place on the Sunday and Monday after the men's individual tournament and before the women's individual tournament.
The Olympics haven't hosted a team golf event since the 1904 Games.
The International Golf Federation (IGF) is pleased to announce the addition of an Olympic Golf Mixed-Team Event, which will debut at the @LA28 Olympic Games! pic.twitter.com/Fi8uA169qy
— International Golf Federation (@IGFGolf) April 15, 2025
All three golf events will be played at famed Riviera Country Club in Palisades, Calif.
Golf makes the sixth time the Olympics have approved a mixed-team event for the 2028 Games. Archery, athletics (4x100m mixed relay), gymnastics, rowing coastal beach spring and table tennis will feature new mixed-team competitions.
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