FAR HILLS, N.J. -- The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced three major modifications to the USGA Handicap System, effective Jan. 1, 2008. The most significant revision clarifies the ...

The ranking comes while the world handicap system is set to update this year. GOLF’s Josh Sens recently detailed the changes in a story published last Thursday, and you can click here to read that ...

Are you a Home Course Golfer? Those players who know each blade of their home course so well that they can scrape it around for a respectable score even when they’re not playing well. Home Course ...

Q. Under the World Handicap System™, should there be an additional adjustment in four-ball stroke play when partners have a large difference in Course Handicap™? A. In Four-Ball Stroke Play, the ...

The recommended procedure for the allocation of stroke index values in the Rules of Handicapping under the World Handicap System (WHS™) has changed from the recommendations found in the previous USGA ...

Florida is arguably the first state many people think of when asked about golf. Sunshine year-round, great temperatures and countless high-level courses. That’s why its position on this list is a bit ...

Despite working in golf and spending a ridiculous amount of time covering, watching and discussing the sport, I went 10 years without posting a score. (I know, I know.) I played in high school and a ...

When you think of golf hotbeds in the United States, places like Florida, California and Arizona come to mind given the sheer number of golf courses found in each state. Yet according to data the USGA ...

The USGA is sending a little gift to all golfers once again this holiday season. To all golfers who have an official handicap index, that is. As has become a bit of tradition since the development of ...

Golfers who enjoy an occasional solo round may want to consider a trip north next year. Amid a series of rule changes, the USGA announced earlier this week that scores from rounds played alone will no ...