One of golf’s biggest personalities is coming to one of the game’s biggest parties. CBS analyst, Golf Magazine columnist and renowned funnyman David Feherty will be headlining the entertainment at the World Largest 19th Hole on Thursday, September 2.

Feherty, a newly minted American citizen, has grown into one of golf’s most popular television personalities through his keen analysis and sense of humor. He will address Golf.com World Amateur Handicap Championship participants on the event’s final night, sharing stories from his years in the game as a player and an announcer.

“We are thrilled that David Feherty will be appearing at the World’s Largest 19th Hole,” said Dave Macpherson, the Golf.com World Amateur Handicap Championship tournament director. “He is one of the game’s most popular personalities and should contribute greatly to the experience of World Am players.”

Feherty played on both the European and PGA Tours, winning five times on the European circuit and twice finishing in the top 10 in the Order of Merit. He played two years on the PGA Tour, recording a second place finish at the New England Open. Feherty had three top 10 finishes in the Majors, including a fourth place effort at the 1994 British Open, and he played in the famed 1991 Ryder Cup, scoring 1.5 points.

In addition to his golf work, Feherty has become a tireless advocate for American troops wounded in combat (the link takes you to a must-read story), using his celebrity and humor to make a difference in the lives of people who have sacrificed dearly for our freedom.

A native of Northern Ireland, Feherty has also authored three best-selling books: A Nasty Bit of Rough, Somewhere in Ireland a Village Is Missing an Idiot, and David Feherty's Totally Subjective History of the Ryder Cup.

Feherty will join Annika Sorenstam and Jeff Gordon, among others, who have headlined the entertainment at the 19th Hole.
 

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The first handicap quiz (on your way to the final exam at this year’s Golf.com World Am) has been issued, and the results were decidedly mixed. The majority of respondents missed three out of the five questions, so we figured it was time to bust out the USGA handicap book and offer everyone a refresher course.

That being said, here is a quiz review:

1. True/ False: A handicap index is not the same as a course handicap.

Ninety-three percent (93%) of you correctly answered true. A handicap index refers to a player’s potential playing ability on a course of standard difficulty. A course handicap represents the number of strokes a player receives from a specific set of tees at the course being played.

In short, your handicap speaks to your ability. The course’s handicap speaks to its difficulty in relation to your ability.

2.  True/False: A handicap index represents the difference between a person’s average score and par.

The answer is false and 48 percent of respondents answered correctly. A handicap index is the USGA’s service mark to indicate a measurement of a player’s potential ability, not how far over (or under) par he or she is on a particular course.