U.S. Women's Open Starts at Riviera, With Curtis Cup Following on June 12
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 4
U.S. Women's Open Starts at Riviera, With Curtis Cup Following on June 12
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 4
Summary
Riviera hosts the 2026 U.S. Women’s Open starting Thursday, putting women’s golf on one of the sport’s most famous venues before the Curtis Cup arrives at Bel-Air on June 12.
Four years of USGA planning reshaped Riviera for the women’s major, with holes such as the 4th, 8th, 10th and 11th set to play markedly differently than they do during the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational.
NBC will air weekend coverage in primetime, a slot that typically lifts ratings and gives the championship broader exposure as Riviera also builds toward hosting Olympic golf in 2028.
Bel-Air then shifts the focus to the amateur game, where the United States brings three top-7 players — Kiara Romero, Farah O’Keefe and Asterisk Talley — after Great Britain and Ireland won the 2024 Curtis Cup.