AUGUSTA — Mixed teams are coming to golf at the Los Angeles Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee made it official Wednesday, when it released the official program for the 2028 Summer Games, in which female athletes are expected to have a slight majority for the first time.
Golf returned to the Olympic program at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games after a 112-year absence, with a men’s tournament having been held in 1900 and again in 1904. Since the return of golf, medals have been awarded in separate competitions — 72 holes of stroke play each — for men and for women at three Olympics.
The International Golf Federation had been lobbying for a mixed-team competition for the past several years without taking away too much time from golfers’ schedules on various professional tours. Still to be determined are how many teams will compete and the qualification process.
“The International Golf Federation is thrilled with the IOC Executive Board’s decision to approve the addition of a mixed-team event to the Olympic Golf program,” the IGF said in a release that indicated more details would be released next week.