Dean Knuth, the Pope of Slope and former Senior Director of Handicapping at the USGA. Dean invented the USGA Course Rating and Slope Rating System.
USGA Handicap
In the early years, World Am creators called on USGA handicap expert Dean Knuth to help define official golf tournament USGA scoring standards and monitoring processes. [read more]
Handicap Requirement
Each golfer will be assigned a Tournament Handicap Index and will play a daily course handicap based on USGA slope of entrant’s golf course and tees for each round. [read more]
Handicap Monitoring
The Handicap Committee will aggressively monitor scores for handicap inaccuracies. Additional steps in place to ensure equitable scoring include…[read more]
Handicap Verification
In August, entrants will be required to submit their USGA Handicap Index (or equivalent) to The Handicap Committee. This may or may not act as their World Am Index…[read more]