In the game of golf, the handicap system dates all the way back to the late 17th century and was devised to allow players of ...

Rory McIlroy once again proved himself this season after completing the career grand slam and earning his seventh Race to ...

Among the highlights of the June 2024 presidential debate was a lively back and forth between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump – about golf. Trump cited his golf skills as ...

Rory McIlroy has reached a new milestone that cements his status among golf's elite. Despite an up-and-down season, the ...

Each year we have Golf Digest editors look at their USGA handicap rewinds. Here's our dive into some of the results.

In this video, Golf Monthly's Jezz Ellwood takes a detailed look at the world handicap system. He picks out the 8 most ...

Golf is a unique game in that anyone can compete with anyone else, regardless of skill level. This is thanks to handicapping. Handicapping is implemented via the World Handicap System. This system, ...

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 ...

McIlroy set the pace for his impressive season early on in the year. He started 2025 with a triumph at the AT&T Pebble Beach ...

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 ...

Presidents of the United States have often loved their golf but few have loved the game quite as much as Barack Obama and ...

How many times has this happened to you? You're on the first tee negotiating strokes and someone in your group -- it could even be you -- doesn't have a handicap. Enter Golf Digest Handicap, a new ...