Golf’s new World Handicap System should be implemented in 2020, the governing bodies announced Tuesday. The system is designed to bring golf under a single set of rules worldwide, while encouraging as ...

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 ...

Thanks to the World Handicap System, golfers of all abilities have the opportunity to compete against each other on a relatively level playing field. While the system isn’t perfect, it makes golf the ...

Q. Why was my Handicap Index impacted by a soft cap or hard cap? A. The cap is an automatic step in the Handicap Index calculation. It is not an additional adjustment, but a built-in safeguard ...

The recommended procedure for the allocation of stroke index values in the Rules of Handicapping under the World Handicap System (WHS™) has changed from the recommendations found in the previous USGA ...

The R&A and USGA announced Wednesday that they have formed a joint committee in order to develop a single, world handicap system. Under the current system, more than 15 million golfers across 80 ...

In golf, there are several topics discussed on the fairways and in clubhouses all over the world, like dress codes, the professional game and etiquette. But, based on my experiences and those of ...

Thanks to updates to the World Handicap System, your 9-hole score can be used to calculate what you likely would have shot over 18 holes. The post How are 9-hole scores counted toward your Handicap ...

Golf is a game of numbers, and the USGA has plenty of those to offer. The governing body this week posted its 2025 Golf Scorecard, which tracks all kinds of information about how many people are ...

Towards the end of last year, the Kenya Golf Union informed clubs that as golfers prepare to get onto the World Handicap System, there would no longer be men or women tee boxes. Neither will there be ...

There's your score, and then there's your score for handicap purposes. Here's the difference and how to calculate them both ...