According to Peter Kostis, there's one glaring flaw in the current handicap system that he'd like to see rectified. The post Does the World Handicap System need a refresh? Here's 1 glaring flaw ...

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 ...

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If there is one thing that has been the embodiment of Murphy’s law, it has been the process of implementing the World Handicap System. Anything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong at some point.

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 ...

Handicap 5 James Muriithi plays the par-four 17th hole at Nyeri Golf Club during Father Herman Kiboi Caddy Golf Day, December 29, 2020. [Mose Sammy, Standard] As a child, I really did believe when my ...

For this first time in history, Nigeria will officially unveil the World Handicap System (WHS) that will provide golfers in the country with a unified and more inclusive handicapping system. The ...

Last week SI launched its new SI World Golf Rankings, a data-driven list powered by Golf Intelligence. The calculations include new metrics to rank the best players in the world across all tours. This ...

Did you only have time for nine? You’re not alone. Nine-hole rounds are on the rise, according to data from the USGA. Of the 300 million scores recorded by the governing body since 2020, around 45,000 ...

You can find your golf handicap by taking the average score of the best eight of your last 20 scores. Use this equation to calculate your handicap for any course: Course Handicap = [Handicap Index * ...

Are you a Home Course Golfer? Those players who know each blade of their home course so well that they can scrape it around for a respectable score even when they’re not playing well. Home Course ...