Just as not all golfers are created equal, not all golf courses are clones. Designs vary. Degree of difficulty fluctuates, too. What does that mean? For one thing, it means that a score of, say, 82 on ...
Did you only have time for nine? You’re not alone. Nine-hole rounds are on the rise, according to data from the USGA. Of the 300 million scores recorded by the governing body since 2020, around 45,000 ...
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 ...
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 ...