Kelly’s charge: Walk the courses, evaluate them, and feed the resulting data into Course Rating System formulas to produce a Course Rating and Slope Rating for each set of tees.

Paige Spiranac has recently proposed a simplified course rating system to assist beginner golfers. Spiranac, an American golfer and golf influencer, has played NCAA Division I golf at both the ...

Like it or loathe it, the new World Handicap System has been the trigger of major change to our sport. One of the essential ...

GolfNow’s ratings asks users to rate the course’s pace, difficulty, conditions, staff and value, followed by an overall star rating of one-thru-five. Of course, the GolfNow rating system has its own ...

(St Andrews, Scotland and Liberty Corner, NJ, USA) - The R&A and the USGA announced the first update to the World Handicap System™ (WHS™) as part of an ongoing review of the Rules of Handicapping™ and ...

The Course Rating System uses table values, adjustments and formulas to calculate ratings. The Course Rating is calculated from the effective playing length and obstacle factors for 9 or 18 designated ...

Like rating a championship course, the short-course rating process involves the keen eye of experts and no small amount of math.

The new formula is designed to account for a standard golf course. Therefore, the calculations are no longer course-dependent compared to the maths employed under the system introduced in 2020. While ...

The USGA and The R&A today announced the first update to the World Handicap System™ (WHS™) as part of an ongoing review of the Rules of Handicapping™ and Course Rating System™ with a continued ...

I have been part of a team that has been rating golf courses in Kenya in preparation for the World Handicap System. The course rating exercise has taken us to different parts of the country. The ...

Backspin golf magazine, published here Ireland by Declan O?Donoghue (a well-known and respected golfing scribe) has just produced a survey on the best courses in Ireland and they have come up with ...