More golfers maintained handicap indexes, and they posted more scores than ever in the World Handicap System. Which states had the best players?

An annual handicap report from the USGA provides a data-driven snapshot of player performance and other trends in the game.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The USGA and The R&A today announced the first update to the World Handicap System™ (WHS™) as part of an ongoing review of the Rules of Handicapping™ and Course Rating System™ with a continued ...

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 ...

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 ...