Golf’s New World Handicap System Designed to Welcome More Golfers

20 February 2018, St Andrews, Scotland and Liberty Corner, N.J., USA: The way golfers around the world will calculate their handicaps is set to be transformed by a new system developed by The R&A and the USGA, with key features designed to provide all golfers with a consistent measure of playing ability. The new World Handicap System, to be implemented in 2020, follows an extensive review of systems administered by six existing handicapping authorities: Golf Australia, the Council of...