The 2026 U.S. Women’s Open began Thursday morning at Riviera in Los Angeles, where World No. 1 Nelly Korda teed off in the first round as she pursues a title that has so far eluded her.
Play starts in the morning and featured-group coverage is available beginning with the first listed featured group at 9:45 a.m. ET; viewers can follow those groups live on USWomensOpen.com, the USGA App, Peacock, YouTube TV, DirecTV and Xfinity.
Network coverage of the first round runs on USA from 2-7 p.m. ET, with Peacock providing exclusive coverage from 7-10 p.m. ET. Peacock will carry the evening window that closes Thursday’s scheduled domestic telecast hours.
The first featured group listed for Thursday tees off at 9:45 a.m. and pairs Brianna Do with Muni He and Sarah Hammett. The last featured group shown in the published excerpt tees off at 5:42 p.m., with Katherine Muzi, Laney Frye and Anita Lumpongpoung completing the day’s featured slate.
Korda arrives at Riviera having won three times in 2026, including the Chevron Championship, and she begins Thursday’s round as the season’s most consistent force — she has finished outside the top two just once in seven tournaments this year and has recorded three runner-up finishes among those events.
The context is straightforward: Korda is chasing a first U.S. Women’s Open title and a fourth major overall, a run that would also represent the second leg of a single-season Grand Slam. Last year she finished tied for second behind 2025 champion Maja Stark, a result that left the U.S. Open conspicuously missing from her trophy case.
That contrast — dominant form across 2026 and the absence of a U.S. Women’s Open trophy — is the tournament’s immediate storyline. Korda’s résumé this season makes her the name to watch at Riviera, but the one major she still lacks creates a clear question that will hang over every round she plays this week.
For viewers wanting to follow Korda and the featured groups, the practical schedule is simple: stream or watch the morning and afternoon featured groups on the USWomensOpen.com stream or the USGA App, tune to USA for the 2-7 p.m. ET broadcast window, and switch to Peacock for the exclusive 7-10 p.m. ET telecast. The live featured-group feeds will cover the 9:45 a.m. pairings through the late-afternoon groups, including the 5:42 p.m. group that closes the published slate.
The first round continues throughout Thursday; by the end of evening coverage Peacock will have the latest scoreboard and the first full picture of whether Korda’s 2026 momentum is translating into control at Riviera. The unanswered question when play resumes Friday is as direct as the television schedule: can Korda convert three wins this year into her first U.S. Women’s Open victory, or will the one major missing from her resume remain out of reach?
