If you have ever examined a scorecard or posted a score for handicap purposes, you have probably seen the terms Course Rating™ and Slope Rating®. While most golfers know they pertain to course ...

In recent months, status reports involving Tiger Woods have focused largely on his latest round of rehab. Here’s a more uplifting update. It concerns Trout National-The Reserve, Woods’ collaboration ...

From Ireland to New Zealand, it’s surprisingly easy to book a tee time at many of these top courses. ByJim Dobson, Senior Contributor. Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and ...

When the century began, golf course design and development were in a very different place. Hundreds of new courses were opening annually, including dozens of stand-alone, upscale daily-fee facilities ...

Each hole must be measured to the nearest yard/metre, for each set of tees from a permanent distance marker, in accordance with the procedures outlined in the Course Rating System and only by a ...

Golf is hard, though some rounds come easier than others. Why the variance? Well, golf is fickle. But that’s not all. The skill and experience of the player matters. So does the difficulty of the ...