NEW YORK — A mixed-team golf occasion will debut on the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, the Worldwide Golf Federation stated on Tuesday, with groups comprised of 1 male and one feminine athlete from the person competitions.
The occasion shall be contested as a 36-hole competitors, the PGA Tour stated, break up throughout two 18-hole rounds, with a most of 1 group per nation.
IGF government director Antony Scanlon stated the brand new occasion would assist construct on the game’s Olympic profile because the it returned to this system for first time in additional than a century on the 2016 Rio Video games.
“Golf was extremely profitable at Paris 2024 and as we proceed constructing on the momentum from Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, we’re excited to deliver much more consideration to our sport via this extra format,” Scanlon stated in an announcement.
“The athletes have been very passionate about their need to play with their compatriots, and we look ahead to watching them compete collectively in Los Angeles.”
The group occasion will happen in between the boys’s particular person competitors and the ladies’s competitors, on the Riviera Nation Membership.
