New Golf Handicap System 2018. The USGA and RA have announced a major handicap overhaul with the implementation of a new World Handicap System beginning. It provides a unified and more inclusive system for the first time in the history of golf.
Around the world of golf there have been different ways as to how you would calculate ones handicap. The new World Handicap System will be averaged based using the best 8 of the last 20 scores in your record. It is designed so golfers will be able to obtain and maintain a handicap index and use this to compete on a fair and equal basis across any format on any course around the world.
There is no change in procedure when it comes to allotting an initial handicap.
How does the new system work. The USGA and RA have announced a major handicap overhaul with the implementation of a new World Handicap System beginning. The maximum handicap limit is 540 regardless of gender. Taking the course rating and slope of my course into consideration Sandburn Hall is relatively difficult off the white tees at 736 course rating and 136 slope my course handicap came out at 9.
