Most elite golfers have a positive handicap and give extra strokes to the course. Take Tiger Woods’ +9.4 handicap, for example. But why would any golfer willingly give strokes away, and what does the ...

There is so much discussion about how regularly amateurs should submit an official score towards their handicap index, but what if I never did it again?

Golf is a unique game in that anyone can compete with anyone else, regardless of skill level. This is thanks to handicapping. Handicapping is implemented via the World Handicap System. This system, ...

Among the highlights of the June 2024 presidential debate was a lively back and forth between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump – about golf. Trump cited his golf skills as ...

A few weeks ago, a California golfer who asked to remain nameless received what he thought of as a “badge of dishonor.” It appeared on his GHIN app, where he keeps track of his handicap index, in the ...

Four years removed from the historic launch of World Handicap System, which consolidated a half dozen handicap calculations in place worldwide into one global program, the USGA and R&A are rolling out ...

The number of golfers in the U.S. with a Handicap Index eclipsed the 3 million mark for the first time in 2022 as the year-over-year trajectory pointed upward for the third consecutive year. The ...

The Rules of Handicapping include safeguards to ensure a player’s Handicap Index accurately reflects their demonstrated ability. However, under some circumstances it will be necessary for the Handicap ...

When you think of golf hotbeds in the United States, places like Florida, California and Arizona come to mind given the sheer number of golf courses found in each state. Yet according to data the USGA ...

You can find your golf handicap by taking the average score of the best eight of your last 20 scores. Use this equation to calculate your handicap for any course: Course Handicap = [Handicap Index * ...