Simon magdulski

September 22nd, 2025

Australian rules of handicapping updated with the launch of Golf Australia’s new digital platform

Claire Bates, Golf Australia, Golf Australia CONNECT, handicapping, James Sutherland, Simon Magdulski, World Handicap System

November 8th, 2022

R&A and USGA release revisions to the Rules of Golf for 2023: Here’s everything you need to know

If simplicity and clarity were the buzzwords associated with the sweeping changes the R&A and USGA brought when modernising the Rules of Golf in 2019, then inclusion and sustainability highlight the updates coming in 2023.

October 26th, 2022

Golf’s darkest day

The sun was out, the wind was down and the field was away.
Yet the 2002 Australian Open stopped not long after play started. Two decades on, we revisit the day Australian golf made world headlines for all the wrong reasons.

December 3rd, 2020

A score to settle

Their popularity can’t be questioned, but are ambrose events as fair as they could be?

January 3rd, 2020

EVERYTHING you need to know about the new World Handicap System

Why your handicap is changing and what to expect from the new system (including how many more or less strokes you might be getting)

August 1st, 2018

A letter from Golf Australia boss regarding your handicap

March 16th, 2018

Your handicapping questions answered

Australia’s head of handicapping Simon Magdulski answers the questions our readers commonly ask on why a GA Handicap is determined by averaging the best 8 of the recent 20 rounds multiplied by 0.93

September 21st, 2016

Rules need changing, says Aussie golf chief

Golf Australia is backing a top-level push to cut and simplify the Rules of Golf.

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The American Express - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	S.W. Kim	-22	F	3
T2	Blades Brown	-21	F	3
T2	Scottie Scheffler	-21	F	3
T4	Eric Cole	-20	F	3
T4	Wyndham Clark	-20	F	3
T6	Tom Hoge	-19	F	3
T6	Matt McCarty	-19	F	3
T6	Andrew Putnam	-19	F	3
9	J.T. Poston	-18	F	3
T10	Jacob Bridgeman	-17	F	3
T10	Austin Smotherman	-17	F	3
T10	Patrick Cantlay	-17	F	3
T10	Sam Stevens	-17	F	3
T10	Haotong Li	-17	F	3
T15	Russell Henley	-16	F	3
T15	Ryan Gerard	-16	F	3
T15	Sam Burns	-16	F	3
T15	Ben Griffin	-16	F	3
T15	Zach Bauchou	-16	F	3
T20	Rickie Fowler	-15	F	3
T20	Jason Day	-15	F	3
T20	Matt Fitzpatrick	-15	F	3
T20	Pi Coody	-15	F	3
T24	Joel Dahmen	-14	F	3
T24	Karl Vilips	-14	F	3
T24	Robert MacIntyre	-14	F	3
T24	Sam Ryder	-14	F	3
T24	Adam Scott	-14	F	3
T24	Nick Taylor	-14	F	3
T24	Johnny Keefer	-14	F	3
T24	Sahith Theegala	-14	F	3
T24	Harris English	-14	F	3
T24	Min Woo Lee	-14	F	3
T24	Jordan Smith	-14	F	3
T24	Ryo Hisatsune	-14	F	3
T24	Matthieu Pavon	-14	F	3
T37	Chad Ramey	-13	F	3
T37	David Ford	-13	F	3
T37	Adrien Saddier	-13	F	3
T37	Dylan Wu	-13	F	3
T37	Rasmus Højgaard	-13	F	3
T37	Max Homa	-13	F	3
T37	A.J. Ewart	-13	F	3
T37	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-13	F	3
T37	Seamus Power	-13	F	3
T37	David Lipsky	-13	F	3
T37	Davis Riley	-13	F	3
T37	Max Greyserman	-13	F	3
T37	S.H. Kim	-13	F	3
T50	Gary Woodland	-12	F	3
T50	Keith Mitchell	-12	F	3
T50	Alex Smalley	-12	F	3
T50	Max McGreevy	-12	F	3
T50	Chandler Phillips	-12	F	3
T50	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-12	F	3
T50	Davis Chatfield	-12	F	3
T50	Daniel Berger	-12	F	3
T50	Tom Kim	-12	F	3
T50	Taylor Moore	-12	F	3
T50	John Parry	-12	F	3
T61	Denny McCarthy	-11	F	3
T61	Harry Hall	-11	F	3
T61	Matt Kuchar	-11	F	3
T61	Car Young	-11	F	3
T61	Zach Johnson	-11	F	3
T61	Ricky Castillo	-11	F	3
T61	Patrick Rodgers	-11	F	3
T61	Mac Meissner	-11	F	3
T61	Will Zalatoris	-11	F	3
T61	Billy Horschel	-11	F	3
T61	Zecheng Dou	-11	F	3
T61	Rafael Campos	-11	F	3
T61	Michael Brennan	-11	F	3
CUT	Brice Garnett	-10	F	3
CUT	Camilo Villegas	-10	F	3
CUT	Austin Eckroat	-10	F	3
CUT	Brandt Snedeker	-10	F	3
CUT	Taylor Pendrith	-10	F	3
CUT	Keita Nakajima	-10	F	3
CUT	Kris Ventura	-10	F	3
CUT	Bud Cauley	-10	F	3
CUT	Takumi Kanaya	-10	F	3
CUT	Doug Ghim	-10	F	3
CUT	Andrew Novak	-10	F	3
CUT	Davis Thompson	-10	F	3
CUT	Kurt Kitayama	-10	F	3
CUT	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	-10	F	3
CUT	Michael Kim	-9	F	3
CUT	Harry Higgs	-9	F	3
CUT	Chris Kirk	-9	F	3
CUT	Jason Dufner	-9	F	3
CUT	Hank Lebioda	-9	F	3
CUT	Adam Svensson	-9	F	3
CUT	Stephan Jaeger	-9	F	3
CUT	Kevin Roy	-9	F	3
CUT	Kevin Streelman	-9	F	3
CUT	Tony Finau	-9	F	3
CUT	Peter Malnati	-8	F	3
CUT	Beau Hossler	-8	F	3
CUT	Steven Fisk	-8	F	3
CUT	Lee Hodges	-8	F	3
CUT	Jesper Svensson	-8	F	3
CUT	Lanto Griffin	-8	F	3
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	-8	F	3
CUT	Matt Wallace	-8	F	3
CUT	Justin Rose	-8	F	3
CUT	Emilio Gonzalez	-8	F	3
CUT	Kevin Yu	-7	F	3
CUT	Danny Walker	-7	F	3
CUT	Alex Noren	-7	F	3
CUT	Patton Kizzire	-7	F	3
CUT	Brian Harman	-7	F	3
CUT	Dan Brown	-7	F	3
CUT	Michael Thorbjornsen	-7	F	3
CUT	Vince Whaley	-7	F	3
CUT	Emiliano Grillo	-7	F	3
CUT	Jeffrey Kang	-7	F	3
CUT	Sami Valimaki	-7	F	3
CUT	Frankie Capan III	-7	F	3
CUT	William Mouw	-6	F	3
CUT	S.T. Lee	-6	F	3
CUT	Aldrich Potgieter	-6	F	3
CUT	John VanDerLaan	-6	F	3
CUT	Kensei Hirata	-6	F	3
CUT	Marcelo Rozo	-6	F	3
CUT	Chan Kim	-6	F	3
CUT	Nico Echavarria	-5	F	3
CUT	Gordon Sargent	-5	F	3
CUT	Neal Shipley	-5	F	3
CUT	Jhonattan Vegas	-5	F	3
CUT	Mackenzie Hughes	-5	F	3
CUT	Chandler Blanchet	-4	F	3
CUT	Joe Highsmith	-4	F	3
CUT	Isaiah Salinda	-4	F	3
CUT	Mark Hubbard	-3	F	3
CUT	Patrick Fishburn	-3	F	3
CUT	Matti Schmid	-3	F	3
CUT	Sepp Straka	-2	F	3
CUT	Jackson Suber	-2	F	3
CUT	Michael Block	-2	F	3
CUT	Akshay Bhatia	-1	F	3
CUT	Brian Campbell	-1	F	3
CUT	Justin Lower	E	F	3
CUT	Charley Hoffman	E	F	3
CUT	Adam Long	E	F	3
CUT	Adam Schenk	+2	F	3
CUT	Jimmy Stanger	+3	F	3
CUT	Cam Davis	+3	F	3
CUT	Christo Lamprecht	+4	F	3
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	+5	F	3
CUT	Andrew Landry	+6	F	3
CUT	Pontus Nyholm	+10	F	3
WD	Luke Clanton	-	-
WD	Rico Hoey	-	-
WD	Ludvig Åberg	-	-
WD	Nick Dunlap	-	-

Simon magdulski

Australian rules of handicapping updated with the launch of Golf Australia’s new digital platform

R&A and USGA release revisions to the Rules of Golf for 2023: Here’s everything you need to know

Golf’s darkest day

A score to settle

EVERYTHING you need to know about the new World Handicap System

A letter from Golf Australia boss regarding your handicap

Your handicapping questions answered

Rules need changing, says Aussie golf chief

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