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 ...

Welcome to Golfweek's Best 2025 ranking of the Top 100 International Courses, our list of the greatest layouts outside the U.S.

Jonathan Cummings reflects on his summer spent in Ireland and Northern Ireland completing an amazing top-100 courses list.

COURSE INFO Address: 797 Moonbrook Dr., Dadeville Phone: 256-825-1353 Web site: stillwatersgolf.com Par: 36-36--72 Yardage: 4,752 to 6,906 yards USGA course rating: 64.5 to 73.2 Slope rating: 110 to ...

The World Handicap System (WHS) was brought in in January 2020 as The R&A and the United States Golf Association wanted a ...

Briarmeade opened in the 1930s as a nine-hole layout designed by George Black. It was purchased by Republic Steel (and called it Gulf States Steel Golf Club) in 1944 and nine more holes were added in ...

Information on The List was obtained from the United States Golf Association's Course Rating and Slope Database. Data was compiled as of August 28, 2025. In case of ties, the toughest golf courses are ...

For a score to be acceptable for handicap purposes, it must be played on a set of tees on a golf course with a valid Course Rating and Slope Rating. All tees up to 6,000 yards on an 18-hole course ...