World Handicap System™: Background and Overview#WhatsYourHandicap l hdcpquestions@usga.org

A video introducing the World Handicap System and its benefits to the game.

Learn about the key features of the World Handicap System in this global announcement.

A timeline illustrating the key steps that will lead to the launch of the World Handicap System in 2020.

An illustration of how the global handicapping landscape will change with the implementation of the World Handicap System.

The World Handicap System will provide a consistent method of measuring skill level around the globe, and will produce handicaps that are portable from course to course, country to country. Click the headline or image to learn more.

The development of the World Handicap System has been made possible through collaboration and support from handicap authorities, national associations, golf club administrators and golfers from around the world.