In this video, Golf Monthly's Jezz Ellwood takes a detailed look at the world handicap system. He picks out the 8 most important things that every golfer needs to know. From handicap indexes to slope ...

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 ...

On this week's episode of the Fully Equipped Podcast, Jake and McKenzie discuss setting guidelines for your fittings. In this Tour Confidential, GOLF's writers discuss what question they would ask of ...

The United States has recently struggled in alternate shot in men's pro golf team events. Golf.com Wyndham Clark admits what Team USA must do better if they are to win the Ryder Cup next year Team USA ...

Thanks to the World Handicap System, golfers of all abilities have the opportunity to compete against each other on a relatively level playing field. While the system isn’t perfect, it makes golf the ...

Golf Digest senior writer Alex Myers is on a one-year mission to see how good he can get at golf through daily training, practice and playing. Read more from his “Late Scratch?” series here. If you ...

That I continue to write so extensively on the World Handicap System (WHS) suggests to me there’s something inherently wrong with it. I am clearly not flogging a dead horse when I ask for change. In ...

Handicaps in golf are the subject of public shame and personal aspiration. But they are also a crucial part of the game for many amateur players, an essential mechanism for allowing any two players of ...

Ask ten golfers what a good handicap is and you will get ten different answers. A beginner who has just broken 100 will feel ...