To review the information, please click on the relevant link from the list below:

• Staddon Heights Course Handicap Conversion Table

• What is the WHS?

• Why has the WHS been created?

• How does the WHS work?

• Course Rating and Bogey Rating

• Slope Rating

• Handicap Index

• Course Handicap

• Playing Handicap

• General Play & Competition Rounds

• Frequently Asked Questions

• Glossary of Key Terms

• Staddon Heights Course & Slope Rating Certificate

• Rules of Handicapping (Player Reference Guide)

• View WHS Video's

• WHS Privacy Notice

About the World Handicap System

The World Handicap System has beens designed to welcome more players, to make golf easier to understand and to give all golfers a handicap which is portable all around the globe. It will replace the six different systems currently used by over 15 million golfers in more than 80 countries.

It has been developed by The R&A and The United States Golf Association (USGA), supported by the world’s handicapping authorities, including CONGU, which represents the four home countries of Great Britain and Ireland.

All of the following organizations have provided their support to this important initiative and played their part in establishing the key principles, which shaped the proposals and drove forward the initiative to the point where a new World Handicap System can be introduced to the golfing world in 2020.