 GHIN's inception began in the spring of 1980 when a Regional Golf Association wished to change its handicap service vendor. In an effort to provide a quality service to maintain handicaps, the USGA was approached and asked to help in providing this type of service. GHIN was organized and developed by the spring of 1981 and provided handicap computation services initially for one Regional Golf Association, the Metropolitan Golf Association, in New York.
GHIN has now become the world's largest handicap computation service. GHIN is provided through 60 State and Regional Golf Associations to nearly 9,700 clubs and approximately two million golfers. GHIN is maintained by the United States Golf Association and the staff is composed of USGA employees.
The USGA Handicap Indexes issued through Golf Associations by golf clubs are designed to allow golfers of differing abilities to compete on an equitable basis and thereby increase the enjoyment they derive from a round of golf. The Handicap Index is revised throughout the golf season and is based on golfers' scores and the relative difficulty of the courses on which their rounds are played.
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