Why is this happening? Well, shouldn’t an international game have some sort of international handicap system? We think so.
In the past, Americans looking to post a score while abroad on their bucket list trip to Scotland may have noticed a course wasn’t rated via the USGA Course Rating System. Vice versa for golfers who normally used other handicap systems. Beginning next year all courses across the world — save for a few — will have the same grading system, dubbed “The Course Rating System.” Thanks to the efforts of the USGA and R&A, more than 3,000 courses worldwide have now been added as rated courses, which will make for easier handicapping for all players.
By 2021, the golfing populace will have transitioned from six different systems in place worldwide to just a single one. Matches against your international friends will be better off because if it.
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