Are you a Home Course Golfer? Those players who know each blade of their home course so well that they can scrape it around for a respectable score even when they’re not playing well. Home Course ...

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 ...

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 ...

Freeze is listed as a 7.6 handicap on the database, which was the best among all SEC head coaches. He has not posted a score ...

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 ...

With 9-hole rounds growing in popularity, the World Handicap System has evolved to more accurately reflect how the those ...

It's that time of the year again. The USGA officially released its GHIN Rewind feature in the GHIN app this week, which, a bit like its inspiration Spotify Wrapped, has a breezy look back at your 2024 ...

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 ...

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