But in among the comments in our most recent correspondence was a recurring theme: that club competitions should have a ...

The Handicap Index, designed to level the game's playing field, is golf's most useful metric. It's also widely misunderstood.

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 ...

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 ...

Our high-handicap players' average driver swing speeds run the gamut from the 80s to high 110s. As a result, the driver heads ...

The USGA dropped its annual handicap "rewind" feature via its GHIN app this week. It's exactly what it says: It shows how golfers fared over the 2023 season. What their handicap started the year, ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you play smarter, better golf. Look, I’m not going to stand up here on a soapbox and profess that every golfer who ...

For the first time, you finally tamed that long par 4 with trees down the left side and one squarely in the middle of the fairway. And water is in play on the right. In addition, two bunkers protect ...

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 ...

Golf’s new World Handicap System, which is designed to bring the game of golf under a single set of Rules for handicapping and provide a more consistent measure of players’ ability between different ...