Riviera Country Club to host the US Open in 2031

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Los Angeles had to wait 75 years to get another U.S. Open and now it's becoming a regular stop. The USGA is bringing the U.S. Open to Riviera Country Club in 2031.

The announcement Wednesday comes three days after Wyndham Clark won the U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, just over 5 miles (8 km) away and across the 405 freeway from Riviera.

The fabled course off Sunset Boulevard is the longtime host of what now is the Genesis Invitational, long considered a favorite by top PGA Tour players. Riviera held the first U.S. Open in California in 1948 when Ben Hogan won with a record score of 276.

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Patrick Cantlay of the United States plays his shot from a bunker on the 16th hole during the final round of the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club on February 19, 2023 in Pacific Palisades, California.  (Michael Owens/Getty Images)

Hogan also won the Los Angeles Open in 1947 and 1948, and Riviera soon became known as "Hogan's Alley."

The club now takes on a greater profile. It will host the U.S. Women's Open in 2026 on the centennial anniversary of Riviera, and then it has the golf competition in the 2028 Olympics.

And then, 83 years later, it finally gets another U.S. Open.

"We are so grateful that the USGA will return the U.S. Open to our club in 2031," said Megan Watanabe, CEO of Riviera. "Over a six-year period, we will showcase our championship course to the world."

Watanabe, whose family bought Riviera in 1989 and who grew up taking golf and tennis lessons at the club as a young girl, had her eyes on major competition since returning some 12 years ago. Riviera had not held