Welcome to Shaving Strokes, a new GOLF.com series in which we’re sharing improvements, learnings and takeaways from amateur golfers just like you — including some of the speed bumps and challenges ...

Jeremy Ellwood investigates whether, in certain circumstances, your handicap really could be affected by a four-ball ...

Thanks to updates to the World Handicap System, your 9-hole score can be used to calculate what you likely would have shot over 18 holes. The post How are 9-hole scores counted toward your Handicap ...

Course Rating and hole handicap allocation is more of a science than ever before, but still involves some artistry and local knowledge. The post How does a course assign each hole’s stroke index?

Raise your hand if this has happened to you. A narrow window opens in your schedule, so you sneak out to play 9 holes. You quite like it. You’re not alone. As golf has boomed in recent years, with ...

As golf’s popularity has surged since the COVID-19 pandemic—3.3 million people in the United States played on a course for the first time in 2022, according to the National Golf Foundation—so too has ...

About two weeks ago. we introduced the YouTube Golf Power Rankings, a new series tracking how some of the biggest creators in ...

Do you know a golfer who picks his or her ball up a lot? Does that player also want you to put down scores on the card that don't seem quite right for handicap purposes? If so, it might be time for a ...

A round must be played by the Rules of Golf to be acceptable for handicap purposes, subject to the following: (i) Organized Competitions. In a situation where a player is disqualified from a ...