The world's best golfers will have the chance to compete for more medals after a mixed team event was added to the schedule for the 2028 Olympic Games.
A total of six new mixed gender team events will take place in Los Angeles, including a two-day golf competition set to be staged in between the men’s and women’s individual events at Riviera Country Club.
IOC sports director Kit McConnell said: "Golf (has been) a hugely popular addition to the programme over recent games after its debut in Rio.
"We saw incredible fields of the top players that we had in both men and women in Paris. The mixed team event will be added to the golf Olympic programme for Los Angeles.
"This gives a second chance for the top golfers in the world to not only compete at the Olympic Games, but potentially medal at the Olympic Games and brings together the top men and women from around the world to compete for their NOC (National Olympic Committee) in a mixed team event in golf."
Great Britain’s Justin Rose won gold when golf returned to the Olympics for the first time in 112 years in Rio in 2016, with Scottie Scheffler triumphing in Paris last year as New Zealand’s Lydia Ko claimed the women’s title to complete a personal set of gold, silver and bronze medals.
The traditional 72-hole, stroke play format was not universally popular however, with the idea of an additional mixed event gaining traction in recent years.
