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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Golf is a great leveller; it is a game that experts and hackers can play together, on a level playing field with an equal chance of winning, all because it is one of the few sports which uses a ...

For most golfers, the currency that measures our skill is a handicap. It is a measure not only of our scores, but the difficulty of where we play. Both factors are essential. Why don’t pros need ...

Handicap 3, Michael Ngene in action during the 11th Mountain Classic golf tournament at Kiambu Golf Club, July 7, 2019. [Mose Sammy, Standard] From the earliest days of golf, as our forebears got into ...

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 ...

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