The LPGA Tour’s best will head to one of the most iconic golf courses in the world, as the U.S. Women’s Open presented by Ally will be contested this year at Riviera Country Club in the shadow of the Hollywood Hills in California.

The long-time PGA Tour venue – the Genesis Invitational has been hosted at Riviera 62 times – has hosted three men’s major championships in the past, the 1948 U.S. Open and the PGA Championship in 1983 and 1995. It is also set to be the golf venue for the Olympics in 2028 and the U.S. Open on the men’s side once again in 1931.

“I’m super excited to be there,” Golf Town athlete Brooke Henderson says. “With the Olympics coming there, which is really exciting, hopefully the course suits my eyes. The last two years at the U.S. Women’s Open have been disappointing, so I’m hoping to have a good turnaround this year!”

Prior to missing the cut the last two years at the U.S. Women’s Open, Brooke had a tidy run of three top-15 finishes in a row at the major.

Her best U.S. Women’s Open result came in 2015 when she finished tied for fifth.

Brooke says the U.S. Women’s Open “holds so much prestige” and it’s one of those tournaments that has a bold circle around it every year for a variety of reasons.

“Walking in early in the week everything is very grand and you feel it. Like, ‘Oh, this is a really big week.’ The atmosphere is different. It’s different than every event and even a little different than the other majors,” Brooke explains. “Everyone is really practicing hard. The purse is huge. The courses are really tough, and it’s just a different feel for sure.

“I’ve played in a lot of them now, so I know what to expect, which is good, but you just try to get familiar with the course and have your game in a good spot – if it isn’t, you get exposed pretty quickly. It demands everything from you!”

Brooke, whose best finish so far in 2026 was a solo third at the season-opening Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, will be joined in the field by three other Canadian up-and-coming stars next week.

Aphrodite Deng, at just 16, will make her U.S. Women’s Open debut after earning a spot in the field thanks to her win at the U.S. Girls’ Junior last summer. She became the first Canadian in the event’s history to win that impressive title and Deng has kept her momentum going so far in 2026. She finished tied for fourth in her title defense at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley and successfully defended her title at the Mizuho Americas Open. She also made the cut in her debut at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur and is currently the No.2-ranked junior golfer in the Rolex American Junior Golf Association standings.

Lauren Kim, who just finished her junior campaign at the University of Texas, and Anna Huang earned their way in via qualifiers. This will be Kim’s third U.S. Women’s Open after playing in both 2022 and 2023. Kim was the medalist at her qualifier in Seattle and had another impressive season at the University of Texas – also making the cut at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.

Huang, meanwhile, is having an all-world campaign on the Ladies European Tour. The native of Vancouver, who also was medalist at her qualifier, has notched three straight top-10 finishes including a win in Morocco two weeks’ prior to the U.S. Women’s Open. She is now ranked No. 51 in the world – Canada’s second-best female golfer after Brooke.

The Canadian contingent will aim to take down all of the best female golfers in the world led by Nelly Korda and Jeeno Thitikul, ranked Nos. 1 and 2 in the world. Korda has won three times already this season and has three other second-place finishes while Thitikul has two wins already.

Maja Stark won last year’s U.S. Women’s Open at Erin Hills by two shots over Korda and Japan’s Rio Takeda. It was her first major title.

The 2026 U.S. Women’s Open goes June 4-7.