Author: Kevin O'Connor
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Understanding Handicap
Where to Go For the Info You Need The World Handicap System™ has its nuances and complexities … there are formulas, calculations and procedures involved! In ... -
Great Expectations
What Are You Expecting? As of 2024, the expected score procedure is used to calculate an 18-hole Score Differential™ for any eligible nine-hole or 10- to ... -
The Hole Truth
Understanding “Most Likely Score” The Rules of Handicapping, similar to the Rules of Golf, promotes playing by the Rules of Golf. Recognizing terms like “maximum hole ... -
Posting a Low Score on a Short Course
Dear Handicap Hints, I’m excited about the revisions to the World Handicap System that now allow for official score-posting on short courses. However, as an avid ... -
Short can be Sweet: Handicap Policy Amended to Accept Short-Course Rounds
Enjoyment should be paramount when it comes to playing golf. “Behemoth GC” probably isn’t the first thought that comes to mind in deriving enjoyment. Playing shorter ... -
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: 2024 Updates to the World Handicap System
The World Handicap System™ (WHS™) is being updated effective January 2024. There are four key changes being implemented: Reduced Minimum Course Length for Score-Posting Purposes There ... -
Handicap Index Calculation
We receive a fair number of inquiries about the Handicap Index® and why it is not changing/not changing fast enough, not low enough, not high enough, ... -
Playing Conditions Calculation: Were There Outstanding Conditions The Day You Played?
In late 2022 and early 2023 a fair number of Score Differentials™ were impacted by the automated playing conditions calculation (PCC) as part of the World ... -
New Year’s Daze: Looking Forward and Looking Back at your Handicap
With the new year, many resolutions are made, including trying to improve our golf games (and our Handicap Indexes®). Unfortunately, “out with the old and in ... -
Handicap Allowances
There is often anticipation in the air as the date for the next handicap competition at a club approaches. Participants want to know what handicap value ...
