The R&A and the USGA have developed a new World Handicap System (WHS) which delivers a unified and more inclusive handicapping system, which has been implemented globally on a staggered basis throughout 2020. In this article, Golfing Herald provides an overview (albeit from 50,000 ft.) of the key objectives and features of this worldwide initiative and how it will impact … [Read more...] about World Handicap System
From the Nineteenth
Golf Competition Conundrum
Slow play is once again in the headlines. On this occasion the final round of the rain-interrupted 2019 USPGA Genesis Open, where golf commentators are openly discussing the pace of play of the winner J.B. Holmes rather than the quality of his golf. Golfing Herald’s take on the pace of play is expressed through 'Competition Conundrum', a fictional golfing story loosely based … [Read more...] about Golf Competition Conundrum
Honesty and Honestly
“Honesty and Honestly” is a personal golfing reminisce, turning back the clock to over 40 summers ago, to a week in time that whatever the question, golf was the answer. Itinerary I was about 16 or 17 years of age when my late father and I went on a week’s golfing holiday. Brilliant, as in those salad days I could actually play golf to a very reasonable standard and I … [Read more...] about Honesty and Honestly
Scorecard Semiotics
The Tube Map is the iconic schematic for the London Underground system using a combination of colours and shapes. In Scorecard Semiotics, Golfing Herald examines a sample of golf course scorecards to present an argument that just like the Tube map, the golf scorecard should also be viewed as a design and semiotic icon. Semiotics Semiotics is the study of sign process. Signs … [Read more...] about Scorecard Semiotics
Carris Trophy 2018
Barclay Brown, from Hallamshire Golf Club, clinched the Carris Trophy with a narrow 1 shot victory at Fulford Golf Club, York. The 17-year-old England Boy International birdied the final 2 holes to overhaul Gregorio De Leo from Italy to claim his first major win with a score of 280 (8 under par). An opening round of 73 (which included 6 penalty shots) left Brown 7 shots off … [Read more...] about Carris Trophy 2018