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 ...

There's your score, and then there's your score for handicap purposes. Here's the difference and how to calculate them both ...

The recommended procedure for the allocation of stroke index values in the Rules of Handicapping under the World Handicap System (WHS™) has changed from the recommendations found in the previous USGA ...

In golf, there are several topics discussed on the fairways and in clubhouses all over the world, like dress codes, the professional game and etiquette. But, based on my experiences and those of ...

The USGA has been granted authorization by the World Handicapping Authority (WHA) as the authorized national association within the United States and its territories, with the exclusive rights for ...

Golf is a game of numbers, and the USGA has plenty of those to offer. The governing body this week posted its 2025 Golf Scorecard, which tracks all kinds of information about how many people are ...

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 ...

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 ...

Towards the end of last year, the Kenya Golf Union informed clubs that as golfers prepare to get onto the World Handicap System, there would no longer be men or women tee boxes. Neither will there be ...

(Reuters) - A new world handicap system will be implemented early next year after an eight-year project designed to unify the way amateurs around the globe measure themselves. Administrators are ...

(Reuters) - A new world handicap system will be implemented early next year after an eight-year project designed to unify the way amateurs around the globe measure themselves. Administrators are ...