​Two years from now, Riviera Country Club will play host to the golf events for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.The Games will feature men’s and women’s individual stroke play, as well as a new mixed team event that will pull from the field of athletes qualified for the individual events.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAlthough two years seems like a long time, Olympic qualifying is already underway. In total, there will be 60 men and 60 women competing in LA. The mixed team event will feature 16 teams of two athletes each.Qualifying is based on the men’s and women’s official world golf rankings, with a maximum of four athletes per country if ranked in the top 15 and a maximum of two athletes per country outside of the top 15.For Team USA, there are quite a few contenders. As things stand, the men would qualify the maximum of four athletes; the women would qualify two athletes. With both world No. 1s being from the U.S., the host country is also likely to qualify a mixed team.Here’s a look at the six players currently leading Olympic qualifying for the U.S.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe reigning men’s Olympic gold medalist and world No. 1, Scheffler is positioned the best of any athlete in the world right now to qualify to LA. That’s thanks in large part to the dominant lead he has in the men’s Official World Golf Ranking, with more than 6.5 points over No. 2 Rory McIlroy. Scheffler has held that No. 1 spot without interruption since May 2023. Despite being in a relative slump (for him), the 30-year-old would need to miss multiple cuts and see someone like McIlroy go on a winning streak for him to be usurped anytime soon.Riviera rundown: Scheffler and the rest of the men on this list are very familiar with Riviera, seeing as they play it annually for The Genesis Invitational (except for 2025). While he hasn’t won there yet, Scheffler has an excellent track record at the course since 2020 — never finishing outside of the top 30. His past four starts at Riviera? T-7 in 2022, T-12 in 2023, T-10 in 2024 and T-12 in 2026. So, yes, there’s definitely a chance Scheffler could go back-to-back in LA.The Tokyo Olympic gold medalist and world No. 1, Korda doesn’t have as commanding of a lead in the world rankings as Scheffler, but she’s still playing outstanding golf. That much is clear after she won the first two women’s majors of the season at the Chevron and U.S. Women’s Open. Lucky for Korda, that U.S. Women’s Open was held at none other than Riviera Country Club. So not only did she win her fourth major title, but she also got a bit of an Olympic test event under her belt — and clearly passed with flying colors.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRiviera rundown: The women do not play Riviera annually, but if Korda’s triumph in June was any indication, she could be on her way to another Olympic gold.While Scheffler has a dominant lead in the men’s qualifying, the rest of the U.S. qualifiers are likely to come down to the wir