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 ...

Obtaining a golf handicap is the single best way to ensure fair and competitive play, regardless of your skill level. Now streamlined globally under the World Handicap System, the process is simpler ...

It’s designed to be universal but the World Handicap System has always been implemented in slightly different ways depending on where you play your golf. In the United States, Most Likely Score means ...

Why golf’s obsession with back tees could be preventing fairer and more enjoyable club competitions under the World Handicap ...

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 ...

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There’s an adage in journalism that says if both sides of a complicated issue are unhappy with a story, that must mean it was fair. This might best summarize the World Handicap System as well. There ...

It’s not controversial to suggest the World Handicap System is divisive. There are countless positives and hundreds of thousands of golfers around the world are pleased it came into being in 2020. I ...