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 ...

If you ask some golfers, “What’s your handicap?” be prepared to hear the humorous reply: “my swing” or “my lack of coordination.” The more accurate question is: “What is your handicap index?” So, what ...

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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 ...

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As golf’s popularity has surged since the COVID-19 pandemic—3.3 million people in the United States played on a course for the first time in 2022, according to the National Golf Foundation—so too has ...

It’s one of the game’s unique and abiding traits: For any given round, golfers of all skills can compete against one another by virtue of having a Handicap Index that measures their ability. So what ...

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On the fifth anniversary of WHS, Sarah Barter, England Golf’s head of handicapping, discusses more key questions around the ...

Thousands of northern-based golfers have enjoyed bonus tee times so far in 2024, taking advantage of unseasonably warm conditions to take snow-free swings on freshly-opened golf courses. One Minnesota ...