From simulators to gamified ranges, high-tech golf is all the rage, but it has never had a handicapping system. Evenplay has ...

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’s no question the World Handicap System is divisive, but as a nomadic golfer, it’s made me enjoy every round more ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Since the launch of the World Handicap System in January 2020, a golfer's handicap index has been automatically calculated by taking their eight best score differentials from their most recent 20 ...

Our low-handicappers on the 2026 Hot List Player Panel coalesced around a quintet of low-spinning drivers as their top-ranked ...

The head pro at a country club in the southeastern U.S. faced a problem. In 2021, a golfer was piling up wins in the club’s tournaments—mostly due to his suspiciously high handicap. In golf, a ...

Golf is a hard sport to play, even for professionals. That said, if you've ever seen events like the Pebble Beach Pro-Am or the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship out in Lake Tahoe, chances ...