The USGA has added GPS and green-reading technology as an update in its GHIN handicapping app USGAIn an update that was a year in the making, the USGA has given golfers what they’ve been clamoring for: GPS distances and course-mapping in its GHIN handicapping app. Last year, 66% of the 80 million scores posted for handicap purposes were done so through the GHIN app, up from 24% in 2016. So, it makes sense the USGA made it a priority to combine those two popular services in its GHIN app. “The genesis of GHIN is posting scores.”The update took about a year of development and implementation, including an extra 3-4 months for the green-reading technology. “It’s integrated so tightly into the GHIN app that a golfer can just enter their scores, use GPS and go on their merry way.

Source: Forbes August 03, 2021 09:56 UTC