Five Things You Need To Know About The New World Handicap System
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- Category: Inside Golf
- Published: 2020-01-07
By RYAN HERRINGTON, GolfDigest.com
When the USGA and R&A modernized the Rules of Golf in 2019 — the most comprehensive update in decades — the governing bodies challenged the stereotype that they’re resistant to change. They’re set to do that again with the launch of the World Handicap System, which starting in 2020 will consolidate the half dozen handicap calculations previously used around the world into a single, portable Index. But there are distinctions with the WHS that golfers should understand when the system goes live in the United States and dozens of other countries in January. (Some places, including the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Sweden, Portugal and Italy, won’t switch until later in the year.)