The U.S. Open is back in California for the 15th time. It starts Thursday at Los Angeles Country. That's the first time for the U.S. Open in LA in 75 years. Ben Hogan won at Riviera in 1948. The list of U.S. Open champions in California range from Ben Hogan to Billy Casper, Tiger Woods twice, and most recently Jon Rahm. This is a capsule look at the previous 14 U.S. Opens in the Golden State.

As the top-ranked woman and the defending champion, Iga Swiatek was favored all along to win the French Open for the third time. As someone who never has been to a major final and is ranked 43rd, Karolina Muchova was not on the list of expected title winners. They will meet on Saturday to decide the trophy at Roland Garros. Swiatek is a 22-year-old from Poland who has led the WTA rankings for more than a year — and is assured of staying at the top next week no matter what happens in Paris. She can become youngest woman since Monica Seles from 1990-92 to claim consecutive titles at Roland Garros.

A hole-by-hole look at Los Angeles Country Club's North course for the U.S Open. The course is unusual in that it has five par 3s and three par 5s. That's one more of a each for a typical U.S. Open course that plays to a par 70. A barranca runs through eight of the nine holes on the front nine and is main attraction to avoid. The closing streak averages 518 yards, and those last three holes all are par 4s.

The Los Angeles Country Club is opening itself to the world's largest golf audiences with the arrival of the 123rd U.S. Open next week. For its first century of existence, the club and its two courses were rarely seen by anyone except its wealthy members. The tournament is the first major championship in 75 years in Los Angeles. Everybody will finally see what’s been hiding between Holmby Hills’ multimillion-dollar mansions to the north and the opulent Century City skyline to the south, just a short walk from Beverly Hills’ iconic Rodeo Drive shopping district.