2028 Olympics committee in favor of mixed golf format; top male & female players in agreement

The 2028 Olympics might introduce a new format for golf, which only recently became an Olympic sport again. There is the belief that the organizers of the sporting event are mulling over a mixed team format that involves men and women for the sport. The top male and female golfers would be on teams together competing for their country.

International Golf Federation Executive Director Antony Scanlon said he believes there is widespread support for this format. Via Golf Monthly, he said:

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“At the beginning of next year, they should make the decision as to what events will be in the program for L.A. And we're hoping that the fact that there's no additional athletes and no additional resources required that the mixed event would be approved by them, especially given the support of the organizing committee.”

Scanlon also mentioned that the top professional golfers, both male and female, are supportive of the idea as well. All Olympic golf in 2028 will be held at one of the most iconic golf venues: Riviera Country Club, which is the current home of the PGA Tour's Genesis Invitational.

The proposal submitted planned for 16 duos playing 36 holes, as well as a round of foursomes and one round of four-ball better ball. Each country would likely have just one team to allow for broad representation.

This event would take place on the Sunday and Monday between the men's and women's individual events, which will still take place. The men's individual tournament, which saw Xander Schauffele win in 2021, would be pushed back as a result.

This would otherwise not change anything about the individual events. There would still be a men's and women's field of 60 determined by the Olympic Golf Ranking. Those golfers could theoretically be in both events.

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Golfers in line to make 2024 Olympics for golf

While this mixed team event wouldn't come to fruition until 2028 at the earliest, there will be another Olympics between now and then. This summer, several golfers will compete at the Olympic Games in Paris.

Xander Schauffele at the 2020 Olympics

These rankings are subject to change over the course of time, but the men would have these 60 golfers qualified:

Olympic Rank	OWGR Rank	Golfer	Country
1	1	Scottie Scheffler	USA
2	2	Xander Schauffele	USA
3	3	Rory McIlroy	IRL
4	4	Wyndham Clark	USA
5	5	Viktor Hovland	NOR
6	6	Ludvig Åberg	SWE
7	7	Jon Rahm	ESP
8	8	Collin Morikawa	USA
9	12	Tommy Fleetwood	GBR
10	15	Matsuyama Hideki	JPN
11	17	Matt Fitzpatrick	GBR
12	20	Jason Day	AUS
13	21	Sepp Straka	AUT
14	22	Kim Joo-hyung (Tom Kim)	KOR
15	24	Matthieu Pavon	FRA
16	26	An Byeonghun	KOR
17	30	Nick Taylor	CAN
18	33	Shane Lowry	IRL
19	35	Min Woo Lee	AUS
20	40	Nicolai Højgaard	DEN
21	42	Stephan Jäger	GER
22	45	Corey Conners	CAN
23	52	Thomas Detry	BEL
24	55	Emiliano Grillo	ARG
25	56	Alex Noren	SWE
26	57	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA
27	58	Ryan Fox	NZL
28	67	Erik van Rooyen	RSA
29	71	Adrian Meronk	POL
30	80	Thorbjørn Olesen	DEN
31	84	Victor Perez	FRA
32	86	Nakajima Keita	JPN
33	95	Joaquín Niemann	CHI
34	97	Sami Valimaki	FIN
35	102	Alejandro Tosti	ARG
36	111	Yu Chun-An (Kevin Yu)	TPE
37	113	David Puig	ESP
38	130	Matti Schmid	GER
39	133	Pan Cheng-Tsung (C.T. Pan)	TPE
40	143	Joost Luiten	NED
41	149	Yuan Yechun (Carl Yuan)	CHN
42	171	Camilo Villegas	COL
43	176	Matteo Manassero	ITA
44	184	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	BEL
45	186	Daniel Hillier	NZL
46	192	Guido Migliozzi	ITA
47	218	Shubshankar Sharma	IND
48	222	Rafael Campos	PUR
49	232	Carlos Ortiz	MEX
50	234	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	THA
51	239	Bernd Wiesberger	AUT
52	241	Gavin Green	MAS
53	242	Cristóbal Del Solar	CHI
54	249	Darius van Driel	NED
55	254	Gaganjeet Bhullar	IND
56	276	Phachara Khongwatmai	THA
57	287	Nico Echevarría	COL
58	293	Abraham Ancer	MEX
59	311	Kris Ventura	NOR
60	320	Dou Zecheng	CHN

Here's who would qualify for the Olympics on the women's side:

Olympic Rank	OWGR Rank	Golfer	Country
1	1	Nelly Korda	USA
2	2	Lilia Vu	USA
3	3	Céline Boutier	FRA
4	4	Yin Ruoning	CHN
5	5	Hannah Green	AUS
6	6	Saso Yuka	JPN
7	7	Ko Jin-young	KOR
8	8	Rose Zhang	USA
9	9	Charley Hull	GBR
10	10	Minjee Lee	AUS
11	11	Kim Hyo-joo	KOR
12	12	Atthaya Thitkul	THA
13	13	Lin Xiyu	CHN
14	14	Brooke Henderson	CAN
15	15	Lydia Ko	NZL
16	17	Maja Stark	SWE
17	19	Hataoka Nasa	JPN
18	26	Patty Tavatanakit	THA
19	29	Carlota Ciganda	ESP
20	31	Leona Maguire	IRL
21	32	Linn Grant	SWE
22	34	Georgia Hall	GBR
23	38	Ashleigh Buhai	RSA
24	55	Alexandra Forsterling	GER
25	56	Aditi Ashok	IND
26	62	Gaby López	MEX
27	67	Esther Henseleit	GER
28	69	Albane Valenzuela	SUI
29	76	Perrine Delacour	FRA
30	85	Emily Kristine Pedersen	DEN
31	90	Chien Pei-Yun	TPE
32	96	Anne Van Dam	NED
33	100	Azahara Muñoz	ESP
34	105	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	DEN
35	118	Bianca Pagdanganan	PHI
36	120	Stephanie Meadow	IRL
37	143	Morgane Metraux	SUI
38	155	Manon De Roey	BEL
39	163	Diksha Dagar	IND
40	166	Hsu Wei-Ling	TPE
41	175	Klara Davidson Spilkova	CZE
42	180	Celine Borge	NOR
43	181	Mariajo Uribe	COL
44	183	Emma Spitz	AUT
45	200	María Fassi	MEX
46	201	Shannon Tan	SGP
47	209	Paula Reto	RSA
48	215	Alessandra Fanali	ITA
49	253	Ashley Lau	MAS
50	267	Alena Sharp	CAN
51	272	Sara Kouskova	CZE
52	279	Ana Belac	SLO
53	283	Momoka Kobori	NZL
54	294	Madelene Stavnar	NOR
55	295	Dottie Ardina	PHI
56	300	Dewi Weber	NED
57	307	Ines Laklalech	MAR
58	316	Sarah Schober	AUT
59	317	Daniela Darquea	ECU
60	319	Natasha Oon	MAS

The vast majority of the world's most prominent golfers, including Scottie Scheffler, Lilia Vu, Nelly Korda, Jon Rahm, Lydia Ko, and Patrick Cantlay would make the field for Paris in 2024.

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