Riviera Country Club will host the U.S. Women’s Open for the first time this year.Patrick Koenig
The 2026 U.S. Women’s Open is being held at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., for the first time ever, and if you want to be a part of the championship’s illustrious history, now is your chance to choose from 26 different qualifying sites, which were released by the USGA on Wednesday.
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Unlike the U.S. Open, which requires a two-part qualifier for the men (18-hole local and 36-hole final), U.S. Women’s Open hopefuls compete in just one 36-hole qualifier to determine their fate.
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The 26 qualifying sites are spread across 17 states, with one site each in Canada, England and Japan. Qualifying will take place between April 20 and May 13, 2026. Online entry applications are open now, with a deadline of Wednesday, April 1, at 5 p.m. ET. In order to play, entrants must be professionals or carry a Handicap Index no higher than 2.4. Hopefuls can register to qualify at champs.usga.org.
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While winning the U.S. Women’s Open as a qualifier is extremely unlikely, it has happened before. Birdie Kim won the U.S. Women’s Open at Colorado’s Cherry Hills Country Club in 2005 after advancing through qualifying. And at last year’s U.S. Women’s Open at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisc., there were 11 total qualifiers who ended up making the cut, including Hailee Cooper, who tied for seventh.
You can browse the list of 2026 U.S. Women’s Open qualifying sites below.
2026 U.S. Women’s Open Qualifying Sites (26)
Monday, April 20 (2)
Galveston (Texas) Country Club
Boso Country Club, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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Monday, April 27 (3)
Arizona Country Club, Phoenix, Ariz.
Sugar Mill Country Club, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
Corral de Tierra (Calif.) Country Club
Tuesday, April 28 (3)
Rolling Hills Country Club, Monroe, N.C.
Meadowbrook Country Club, St. Louis, Mo.
Rainier Golf & Country Club, Seattle, Wash.
Monday, May 4 (1)
New Albany (Ohio) Country Club
Tuesday, May 5 (2)
Piedmont Driving Club, Atlanta, Ga.
Shannopin Country Club, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Wednesday, May 6 (2)
Wilderness Country Club, Naples, Fla.
Springfield (Va.) Golf & Country Club
Thursday, May 7 (1)
Somerset Country Club, Mendota Heights, Minn.
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Friday, May 8 (1)
Honolulu (Hawaii) Country Club
Monday, May 11 (8)
The Vancouver Golf Club, Coquitlam, B.C., Canada
Briar Ridge Country Club, Schererville, Ill.
Buckinghamshire Golf Club, London, England
Marlborough (Mass.) Country Club
Essex County Country Club, West Orange, N.J.
Rancho Santa Fe (Calif.) Golf Club
Richmond (Calif.) Country Club
Streamsong (Fla.) Resort (Black Course)
Tuesday, May 12 (1)
Walnut Creek Golf Preserve, Westminster, Colo.
Wednesday, May 13 (2)
Bermuda Dunes (Calif.) Country Club
Cross Timbers Golf Course, Azle, Texas
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