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 ...

Golf’s new World Handicap System should be implemented in 2020, the governing bodies announced Tuesday. The system is designed to bring golf under a single set of rules worldwide, while encouraging as ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

As all of us know Golf is a tough game. What’s great about the game is that two players can play each other head to head with ...

The handicap system in golf is what makes ours such a universally enjoyable sport. Elite golfers can play with and compete ...

Lowering your golf handicap isn’t just about swinging harder—it’s about practicing with purpose, managing the course wisely, and making data-driven adjustments. From short game mastery to smart club ...

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