If you’re a golfer, you likely have a handle on the courses in your town, county and maybe even your state — the best designs, the best values, the shortest commutes from your home. But how well do ...

Golfweek's hundreds of course raters judge the Best Courses You Can Play in each state.

Course Rating and hole handicap allocation is more of a science than ever before, but still involves some artistry and local knowledge. The post How does a course assign each hole’s stroke index?

Each year, Golf Digest panelists travel the U.S. and Canada to play Best New, Best Renovation and Best Transformation candidate courses, along with every other course listed in our rankings (for more ...

What does it mean for a golf course to have “character”? Can character be quantified, or is it more like “charisma,” something that’s easy to spot in a personality but difficult to explain? Most of us ...

If you have ever examined a scorecard or posted a score for handicap purposes, you have probably seen the terms Course Rating™ and Slope Rating®. While most golfers know they pertain to course ...

So many things in life seem easy to the uninitiated. Juggling. Unicycling. Giving a toast. Playing golf. And, yes, to some golfers even, building a golf course. A nice piece of land with pretty views, ...