Golf is a unique game in that anyone can compete with anyone else, regardless of skill level. This is thanks to handicapping. Handicapping is implemented via the World Handicap System. This system, ...

A reader recently suggested I was wrong for identifying as a mid-handicapper, but what index marks the entry point to this ...

Sure, your golf game is good. But chances are it’s even better — or maybe worse — than you actually thought. We’ll let you be the judge. The USGA updated its handicap index statistics — compiling the ...

You can find your golf handicap by taking the average score of the best eight of your last 20 scores. Use this equation to calculate your handicap for any course: Course Handicap = [Handicap Index * ...

Does entering nine-hole cards give you a better chance of reducing your handicap? Some would assume so, but I can tell you it didn't work for ...

Golfers leaving divots, skipping rakes, and scattering tees hurt the game. Per MyGolfSpy, these five bad habits cost courses money and should be banned. Brooks Koepka admits he witnessed a severe ...

I got called a sandbagger at my first Golf Digest outing. Here's my defense.

Explore scoring trends, check yardages on your wrist and see how your rounds help the USGA assess the handicap system.

Golf Digest senior writer Alex Myers is on a one-year mission to see how good he can get at golf through daily training, practice and playing. Read more from his “Late Scratch?” series here. The ...

What Canadian golfers need to know about the end of the active season, winter golf trips and tracking indoor rounds. There’s ...

From Brad Dalke to PFT Commenter, see how the 2026 Internet Invitational field stacks up.