Understanding the terminology gives you a better idea of not only how your Handicap Index® is calculated, but also how it can be used to have more fun on the course this season.

During the Handicap Index calculation, the average of your best 8 out of 20 Score Differentials™ is compared to your Low Handicap Index™. If this average exceeds the Low Handicap Index by more than ...

The average-based handicap calculation includes the best eight of the last 20 scores A net double bogey is the maximum score a player can take The maximum handicap limit is 54, regardless of gender ...

The USGA is doubling down on GHIN’s future, shifting the app from a tool for posting scores to an all-in-one golf companion.

In this video, Golf Monthly's Jezz Ellwood takes a detailed look at the world handicap system. He picks out the 8 most important things that every golfer needs to know. From handicap indexes to slope ...

How many shots a 10-handicap golfer would receive at Oakmont? For context, even a 10-handicap golfer would be given 21 shots at Oakmont, according to the USGA’s course handicap calculator.

Amateur golfers awoke to a new World Handicap System in 2020 -- and the inability to access the GHIN app on their phone. That convenient place one touch away is where scores should be posted immed… ...