The World Handicap System
What is the World Handicap System?
The new World Handicap System started on Jan. 1, 2020, and is intended to bring six different handicap systems together into a single set of Rules for Handicapping, enabling golfers of different abilities to play and compete on a fair and equal basis, no matter how or where they play.
To review the new Rules of Handicapping, click here to download a PDF copy.
Key Changes in the World Handicap System
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Handicap Index Computation
Course and Playing Handicap
Playing Conditions Calculation
