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 ...

The Course Rating, Slope Rating, and par for a set of tees are used to convert a Handicap Index into a Course Handicap based on the difficulty of the tee selected for play. The calculation of the ...

Welcome to Stuff Golfers Should Know, a GOLF.com series in which we reveal all kinds of useful golf (and life!) wisdom that is sure to make you the smartest, savviest and most prepared player in your ...

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 ...

I typically only have time for 9 holes after work. Can I post those scores toward my Handicap Index? Absolutely. As a matter of fact, more than 14 million 9-hole scores were posted in 2024 alone. With ...

When the USGA and R&A modernized the Rules of Golf in 2019—the most comprehensive update in decades—the governing bodies challenged the stereotype that they’re resistant to change. They’re set to do ...

Editor's Note: On Jan. 1, 2020, the World Handicap System goes into effect in the United States along with several countries around the globe. In the U.S., the new process replaces the old USGA system ...