The first updates to the World Handicap System™ (WHS™) went into effect in January 2024 as part of an ongoing review by the USGA and R&A of the Rules of Handicapping™ and the Course Rating System™.

The USGA has released its 2024 Golf Scorecard, the organization’s first data report that highlights domestic golfer participation trends using information from scores posted under the World Handicap ...

Golf courses across the country are rated for their difficulty by the U.S. Golf Association in different ways. The Phoenix Business Journal, as it has for the past few years, collected a pair of ...

Information was obtained from usga.org, golfohio.com, course representatives and Columbus Business First research. In case of ties, courses are listed by USGA course ...

What’s the toughest golf hole in your state? We set out to answer that question the only way we know how – by building a scoring system, debating too many honorable mentions, and reliving a few ...

Ask any golf course superintendent what the toughest aspects of their job are and near the top of any list would be 1) staying within their budget and 2) managing golfers' lofty expectations. To help ...

On Tuesday, the USGA continued its strategy of identifying courses it wants to host its championships and locking them in for multiple visits. The governing body’s latest target: Wisconsin’s Erin Hill ...