The History of Golf Handicaps: From Odds to WHS
The handicap system is one of golf's great strengths: it lets golfers of different abilities compete fairly. But it took well over a century to reach today's unified World Handicap System. Here's how…
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World handicap system
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Handicap Allowances Explained: Fair Strokes for Every Format
Your Course Handicap tells you how many strokes you receive on a particular course. But in competitions, you often don't receive all of them. A handicap allowance, a percentage of your Course…
Course Rating and Slope Explained: What the Numbers Mean
Look at any scorecard and you'll see two numbers for each set of tees: the course rating and the slope rating. They're central to the handicap system, because they let golfers compare scores on…