Most elite golfers have a positive handicap and give extra strokes to the course. Take Tiger Woods’ +9.4 handicap, for ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you play smarter, better golf. Look, I’m not going to stand up here on a soapbox and profess that every golfer who ...

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 ...

An annual handicap report from the USGA provides a data-driven snapshot of player performance and other trends in the game.

The first 2024 Presidential Debate between President Biden and former President Trump Thursday featured some non-political discourse. At one point towards the latter half of the debate, Trump and ...

The USGA dropped its annual handicap "rewind" feature via its GHIN app this week. It's exactly what it says: It shows how golfers fared over the 2023 season. What their handicap started the year, ...

What's the purpose of a handicap in golf? It's not to measure your scoring average—that's a common misconception–it's to level the playing field against your fellow golfers. That handicap exists is ...

Thursday night’s presidential debate hosted by CNN featured a topic that no one could’ve predicted—golf handicaps. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump raised the issue when ...

The first 2024 Presidential Debate between President Biden and former President Trump Thursday featured some non-political discourse. At one point towards the latter half of the debate, Trump and ...