In this video, Golf Monthly's Jezz Ellwood takes a detailed look at the world handicap system. He picks out the 8 most ...

The way golfers around the world will calculate their handicaps is set to be transformed by a new system developed by the USGA and The R&A, with key features designed to provide all golfers with a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the start of the New Year, many golfers around the country may have noticed a slight change in their handicap as the new World Handicapping System (WHS) went into effect. The global initiative, ...

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 ...

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 ...

On 2 October 2025, tens of thousands of golfers will log into the new Golf Australia Official App and golfer portal on GOLF.com.au to find a change to their handicap thanks to significant updates to ...

Last week SI launched its new SI World Golf Rankings, a data-driven list powered by Golf Intelligence. The calculations include new metrics to rank the best players in the world across all tours. This ...

Those who have read my work will know I’m a huge fan of iGolf – England Golf’s nomadic handicap scheme – and I’m more ...

Sports Illustrated launched the SI World Golf Rankings (SIWGR), which uses data from all tours and an improved formula from our partners at Golf Intelligence to calculate and rank the top players in ...