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 ...

The World Handicap System (WHS) aims to bring six different handicap systems together into a single set of Rules for Handicapping, enabling golfers of different abilities to play and compete on a fair ...

“Their handicaps are high because they are not proficient golfers and never will be. I always and still do want my handicap ...

The World Handicap System has changed the boundaries of what a good Stableford score is – and more of us need to understand ...

The vision to unify the six different handicap systems in use around the world into a single World Handicap System required the commitment of, and collaboration between, many organizations. All of the ...

These are divisive times in golf. But the game still has a unifying force. The handicapping system, designed to keep us all on a level playing field. In January, 2020, the USGA and the R&A expanded ...

England Golf tells GolfMagic that more than 1.6m scores have been submitted for handicapping purposes in August 2025.

It’s not controversial to suggest the World Handicap System is divisive. There are countless positives and hundreds of thousands of golfers around the world are pleased it came into being in 2020. I ...