Every golfer wants to hit more greens but scoring well depends just as much on what happens after you miss one. The short ...

We all want more birdies, but do you have a realistic expectation for how many a player of your handicap cards each round? It might surprise you. Unfortunately, golfers are often delusional, and ...

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, ...

When the World Handicap System™ was launched in January 2020, one of the primary goals was to make it as easy as possible for every player, regardless of skill level, to establish and maintain a ...

The USGA tracks the 9 and 18-hole scores of millions of golfers through their handicap system with about 3.2 million players in the United States currently posting their scores to maintain a Handicap ...

Thursday night’s presidential debate hosted by CNN featured a topic that no one could’ve predicted—golf handicaps. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump raised the issue when ...

The Long Game tracks the Handicap Index progress of three Golf Digest editors of different abilities throughout the 2024 golf season. Catch up on last month’s story. The comedian and TV host John ...

As the leaves turn and temperatures drop across the country, fall is one of the most scenic — and often favourite — times of year to be on the golf course. It also signals the approach of the end of ...

For most golfers, the currency that measures our skill is a handicap. It is a measure not only of our scores, but the difficulty of where we play. Both factors are essential. Why don’t pros need ...