There were six different handicap systems in use around the world before the United States Golf Association and R&A brought them all the under the wing of the World Handicap System in 2020. Each ...

The USGA and The R&A today announced the first update to the World Handicap System™ (WHS™) as part of an ongoing review of the Rules of Handicapping™ and Course Rating System™ with a continued ...

Raise your hand if this has happened to you. A narrow window opens in your schedule, so you sneak out to play 9 holes. You quite like it. You’re not alone. As golf has boomed in recent years, with ...

As golf’s popularity has surged since the COVID-19 pandemic—3.3 million people in the United States played on a course for the first time in 2022, according to the National Golf Foundation—so too has ...

Understanding how golf handicaps work is essential for fair play and for tracking your improvement. The World Handicap System™ (WHS), administered by Golf Canada, provides a unified and accurate way ...

What will the new minimum length requirement be for a course and/or set of tees to be issued a Course Rating and Slope Rating? The World Handicap System has approved a low-end limit for courses to be ...

The Masters is over and the federal tax deadline has arrived. But it’s not all gloomy news on this Monday morning. As of today, golf season is fully and officially underway. With every region of the ...

Course Rating and hole handicap allocation is more of a science than ever before, but still involves some artistry and local ...

When the World Handicap System (WHS™) was implemented in January 2020, three new safeguards designed to protect the integrity of your Handicap Index® were built into the system. Now that more golfers ...

Educational campaign launched in Great Britain and Ireland as clubs are urged to call out offenders Golfers who “manipulate” handicaps through the use of general play scores within the World Handicap ...