These are divisive times in golf. But the game still has a unifying force. The handicapping system, designed to keep us all on a level playing field. In January, 2020, the USGA and the R&A expanded ...

Nearly two years after it was first unveiled, the World Handicap System (WHS) is about to take effect. The U.S. is one of several countries that will adopt the WHS, which was crafted by the USGA and R ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

General Play rounds get a bad press. Critics say they are easy to manipulate – a driver of the ‘cheat’s charter’ that some ...

Fergus Bisset speaks to an experienced UK golfer who has some strong and compelling points to make against the World Handicap ...

Members of the Golf Monthly team were very much split on the World Handicap System during a recent discussion, with better players and average golfers on different sides of the ...

Although October signals that the end of the golf season is approaching for many golfers in the United States, there may still be plenty of opportunities to post scores toward your Handicap Index® ...