The famous Riviera Country Club will host the men’s and women’s golf competitions at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles | LPGA

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND (Friday, July 12, 2024) – The International Golf Federation, in conjunction with LA28, today announced that Riviera Country Club, the annual host of the Genesis Invitational on the PGA TOUR, will host the men’s and women’s golf events at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

“We are honored to partner with LA28 and the world-renowned Riviera Country Club to host the golf competitions during the 2028 Los Angeles Games,” said Antony Scanlon, Executive Director of the International Golf Federation. “Riviera Country Club will provide a prestigious and ever-challenging setting for the best golfers, and we look forward to sharing one of the finest courses with our fans around the world.”

Founded in 1926 by the Los Angeles Athletic Club, Riviera Country Club is considered one of the finest golf courses in the world and regularly hosts premier events such as the 1995 PGA Championship, the 1998 U.S. Senior Open, the 2017 U.S. Amateur, the 2026 U.S. Women’s Open and the 2031 U.S. Open. The club will celebrate its centenary in 2026.

Los Angeles will host the Summer Olympics for the third time (1932, 1984, 2028). Golf builds on the success of the previous two Olympic golf competitions in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 and looks forward to Paris 2024. LA 2028 will be the sixth time golf has been included as an Olympic sport and only the fourth time since 1904. The opening ceremony will take place on July 14, 2028.

In just 20 days, the men’s Olympic golf competition will take place from August 1 to 4, while the women’s will compete from August 7 to 10. The competitions will be held at Le Golf National, which hosts the FedEx Open de France on the DP World Tour every year and was the venue for the 2018 Ryder Cup.