The World Handicap System includes the Rules of Handicapping and the Course Rating System.Its purpose is to enable as many golfers as possible the opportunity to:
• Obtain and maintain a Handicap Index.
• Use their Handicap Index on any golf course around the world, and
• Compete, or play recreationally, with anyone else on a fair basis.
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Strokes Received Playing-Handicap Guide
Below are links to the: