According to Peter Kostis, there's one glaring flaw in the current handicap system that he'd like to see rectified. The post ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the start of the New Year, many golfers around the country may have noticed a slight change in their handicap as the new World Handicapping System (WHS) went into effect. The global initiative, ...

As the leaves turn and golf courses across the country begin preparing for winter, we mark the end of the “active posting ...

Scottie Scheffler recently revealed his golf handicap and it has shocked more than one fan. According to Scheffler’s home club authorities, he is a +7, and that’s the handicap he uses when playing ...

The world of golf has long been seen as an entity resistant to change. That image may be on the way out since 2019 greeted golfers with a major revamping to the rules. As if that wasn’t enough, ...

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