In this video, Golf Monthly's Jezz Ellwood takes a detailed look at the world handicap system. He picks out the 8 most important things that every golfer needs to know. From handicap indexes to slope ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Now that we’ve got your attention, an important reminder: though your golf game might not get more accurate in 2024, your handicap will. On Jan. 1, the World Handicap System, which was established in ...

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 ...

Developed by The R&A and USGA, the World Handicap System (WHS) represents a major shift in handicapping that has united six handicapping bodies across the globe under one standardised system. WHS ...

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 ...

Handicap 3, Michael Ngene in action during the 11th Mountain Classic golf tournament at Kiambu Golf Club, July 7, 2019. [Mose Sammy, Standard] From the earliest days of golf, as our forebears got into ...