Category Scoring & Handicap

A golf handicap is not your average score. It is a fair, potential based number that follows your best rounds and helps you compete with anyone. Here is how it works, how it is calculated, and how to lower yours.

What is GHIN and why does it matter for your golf game? We break down the handicap system in plain language, from your first Handicap Index to your Course Handicap on game day.

Learn how to read a golf scorecard from scratch. Every column explained simply, so you always know what you are looking at.