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2026, U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN

RIVIERA COUNTRY CLUB

U.S 여자 오픈, 2026년에 리비에라 컨트리클럽에서 개최

ACIFIC PALISADES, CA (January 7, 2022)—Ranked U.S.G.A. to host this prestigious event featuring the
Pamong the top golf courses in the United States, The greatest women golfers in the world,” said Megan
Riviera Country Club was selected by the United States Watanabe, President of The Riviera Country Club. “We
Golf Association (U.S.G.A.) to be the host of the 2026 will be celebrating our 100th anniversary and having
U.S. Women’s Open today. It will also mark the club’s the opportunity to work with the U.S.G.A. to showcase
centennial celebration. a spectacular championship will certainly add to the
special year we are planning to have. We would like to
The Riviera Country Club, designed by George C. Thomas thank the U.S.G.A. for the ongoing partnership and look
Jr. and William Bell and opened in 1926, will host its forward to a long and beneficial relationship in the years
fourth USGA championship. Ben Hogan won the first of ahead.”
his four U.S. Open Championships in 1948 at Riviera. The
club has also hosted the 1998 U.S. Senior Open and 2017 “Los Angeles has a rich history of hosting the biggest
U.S. Amateur as well as the PGA Championship in 1983 sporting events in the world, and we have used that
and 1995. energy and investment to inspire new generations of
Angelenos, and fuel economic growth,” said Los Angeles
“We are thrilled and honored to be selected by the Mayor Eric Garcetti. “The U.S. Women’s Open will

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