Should we get rid of handicaps?

2025-03-20

They’re divisive. They cause loads of arguments. Are golf handicaps just more trouble than they are worth? In this week’s episode, Tom Irwin and Steve Carroll discuss whether the game would be better off if we weren’t so attached to a number. But how do you sort out players of different abilities and how do you run competitions – the lifeblood of a club season? Tom thinks he has got an ingenious solution that might answer some of these big questions, while Steve considers whether other sports have the same obsession with them. Should they merely be golf...

They’re divisive. They cause loads of arguments. Are golf handicaps just more trouble than they are worth?

In this week’s episode, Tom Irwin and Steve Carroll discuss whether the game would be better off if we weren’t so attached to a number.

But how do you sort out players of different abilities and how do you run competitions – the lifeblood of a club season?

Tom thinks he has got an ingenious solution that might answer some of these big questions, while Steve considers whether other sports have the same obsession with them. Should they merely be golf's answer to Strava?

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