A mixed-team golf occasion will debut on the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, the Worldwide Golf Federation mentioned on Tuesday, with groups comprised of 1 male and one feminine athlete from the person competitions.
The occasion can be contested as a 36-hole competitors, the PGA Tour mentioned, cut up throughout two 18-hole rounds, with a most of 1 crew per nation.
IGF govt director Antony Scanlon mentioned the brand new occasion would assist construct on the game’s Olympic profile because it returned to the programme for the primary time in additional than a century on the 2016 Rio Video games.
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“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 by means of this extra format,” Scanlon mentioned in an announcement.
“The athletes had been very captivated with their want to play with their compatriots, and we stay up for watching them compete collectively in Los Angeles.”
The group occasion will happen in between the lads’s particular person competitors and the ladies’s competitors on the Riviera Nation Membership.