In this video, Golf Monthly's Jezz Ellwood takes a detailed look at the world handicap system. He picks out the 8 most ...

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 ...

The good news? I had just come back from a golf trip to Ireland with my son and had plenty of scores to enter. I found the process of establishing a handicap to be surprisingly simple — and I ...

And the USGA's recommended handicap allowance on match play? Nonexistent. (Golf Digest has its own match play event that I don't play in, but sources have grumbled to me already about this exact ...

Program membership also includes a registered handicap index in the United States Golf Association’s Golf Handicap Information Network (GHIN) system. Enrollment is open until May 24, 2025 at ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that ... strokes is the quickest way to shave strokes off their handicaps. But despite the obvious low-hanging fruit, they never ...

Program membership also includes a registered handicap index in the United States Golf Association’s Golf Handicap Information Network (GHIN) system, continued development, as well as learning ...

I reckon once he gets a bit more time at home and rhythm into his golf I feel like he’ll come down pretty quickly. “He’s fully aware that my handicap has been a lot lower than his for a long ...

In most popular sports, the playing field must be laid out according to strict rules. In golf, there is only one requirement. The hole must be 4¼ inches in diameter. Everything else about the ...

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"Very low," he said. "I have a very low handicap." Not surprising considering this was his eighth golf outing to his courses in Palm Beach County since starting his second term as president less ...