Get to know the new World Handicap System™ in detail with the downloadable toolkits from this educational page.

These toolkits and guides were designed to help you understand the science behind every calculation and how different elements of the system work behind the scenes, even without golfers being aware they’re happening.

Learn here about how course handicaps and playing handicaps are calculated and how course rating, slope rating and other factors are taken into account when producing an accurate reflection of a golfer’s handicap on any given day.


Download The Rules of Handicapping Players Reference Guide


Find WHS™ club resources

Club administrators can download a number of resources designed to help manage club details for the World Handicap System. These include:

  • Access to the WHS™ Club Platform
  • The Rules of Handicapping
  • Change Request Resources
  • Materials to educate your members


England Golf WHS™ Workshops

England Golf WHS™ Workshops

Our WHS™ team were out on the road in early 2025 providing WHS™ support and guidance to clubs and counties.

The regional workshops provided detail and information for club handicap committee members, senior club personnel, and county delegates.

The interactive on-line session was recorded and you can view the two parts of the workshop below

Part 1 Agenda items include:

  • Score and Handicap Index® manipulation
  • Is WHS™ too complicated?
  • Responsibilities of the golfer, attester and handicap committee
  • Course Rating™

Part 2 goes through some of the reports that Handicap Committees can use on a regular basis to:

  • Check the integrity of the records at their club
  • Highlight golfers who are not discharging their responsibilities correctly (evidence of potential manipulation)
  • Identify golfers who may need their handicap reviewin