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™.

If you have ever examined a scorecard or posted a score for handicap purposes, you have probably seen the terms Course Rating™ and Slope Rating™. While most golfers know they pertain to course ...

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 on The List was supplied by the USGA course rating and slope database and could not be independently verified by Albuquerque Business First. In case of ...

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 ...

The 2008 U.S. Amateur Championship will take place August 18-24 at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (Courses No. 2 and No. 4) in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C. GOLF CHANNEL will have exclusive coverage ...