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 ...

It’s designed to be universal but the World Handicap System has always been implemented in slightly different ways depending ...

There were six different handicap systems in use around the world before the United States Golf Association and R&A brought them all the under the wing of the World Handicap System in 2020. Each ...

Raise your hand if this has happened to you. A narrow window opens in your schedule, so you sneak out to play 9 holes. You quite like it. You’re not alone. As golf has boomed in recent years, with ...

On behalf of the USGA Handicap Department, thank you for your interest in the World Handicap System™! The following e-Learning course was created to assist Allied Golf Associations in the United ...

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 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 ...

The R&A, in collaboration with the golfing associations of GB&I has launched a social media and e-newsletter education campaign to address concerns about handicap manipulation under the World Handicap ...