The International Golf Federation have submitted a formal bid to include golf in the 2016 Olympic Games.
Golf is one of seven sports being considered for inclusion, along with baseball, karate, roller sports, rugby sevens, softball and squash.
"We are pleased with the formal bid document and now look forward to working with the programme commission on the preparation of the final report to the IOC Executive Board in advance of our presentation to the board in June," said Ty Votaw, executive director of the IGF Olympic Golf Committee.
"We worked diligently to solicit input from the world's leading players and golf organisations to address and finalise a number of key issues contained in the document, including the recommended format for competition."
The IGF is proposing 72-hole individual strokeplay for both men and women. In the event of a tie, a three-hole play-off would determine the medal winners.
The field would contain 60 players based on world rankings. The top 15 would be eligible to compete, regardless of the number of players from a given country.
Beyond the top 15, players would be eligible based on world ranking, with a maximum of two available players from each country that does not already have two or more players among the top 15.
The IOC's final vote on whether to add no more than two sports will take place in October, when the host city - either Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro or Tokyo - will also be determined.
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