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 ...
In this video, Golf Monthly's Jezz Ellwood takes a detailed look at the world handicap system. He picks out the 8 most ...
Trailblazers, no matter what the field, lead the way to new frontiers because they use their energy, insight and passion in a way no one else dared try. Dr. Francis J. Scheid was such a golf innovator ...
Golf is hard, though some rounds come easier than others. Why the variance? Well, golf is fickle. But that’s not all. The skill and experience of the player matters. So does the difficulty of the ...
Just as not all golfers are created equal, not all golf courses are clones. Designs vary. Degree of difficulty fluctuates, too. What does that mean? For one thing, it means that a score of, say, 82 on ...
In retrospect, golf is one of the most complicated sports out there. However, after a keen understanding of the game, its simplicity reveals itself and many difficult terms turn out to be extremely ...
On June 27, when Paige Spiranac posted her handicap index to be +3.4, people showered her comment section with queries, with some replies attempting to mock her handicap. As a result, on the same day, ...
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This month I pondered writing about something different. Perhaps a discourse on nuclear fusion and the effect on the environment. Let’s explore the quantum theory of time travel. A study of evidence ...
For the first time, you finally tamed that long par 4 with trees down the left side and one squarely in the middle of the fairway. And water is in play on the right. In addition, two bunkers protect ...
The Course Rating, Slope Rating, and par for a set of tees are used to convert a Handicap Index into a Course Handicap based on the difficulty of the tee selected for play. The calculation of the ...
You can find your golf handicap by taking the average score of the best eight of your last 20 scores. Use this equation to calculate your handicap for any course: Course Handicap = [Handicap Index * ...