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 ...

Hugh Freeze’s immense appetite for golf made headlines in the 2025 offseason. When Auburn football reportedly fired him on Sunday, it made a dent in the average SEC head coach handicap. With Freeze ...

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 ...

Florida is arguably the first state many people think of when asked about golf. Sunshine year-round, great temperatures and countless high-level courses. That’s why its position on this list is a bit ...

FAR HILLS, N.J. -- The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced three major modifications to the USGA Handicap System, effective Jan. 1, 2008. The most significant revision clarifies the ...

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 ...

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