We've had the same handicap allocations on our course for years. Golf courses change over time, and so do the people who play them. Trees grow up and out, crowding the edges of fairways that were once wide. Bunkers change shape after years of players hacking their way out of them. Courses sometimes add trees, remove or replace bunkers, replace fairway grass, or completely redo several or all of the greens.
Members change over time, too.
That means the mix of skill levels changes as well. Periodic updates can take all these changes into account and tell you how the allocations should be spread out among the 18 holes. A statistically valid collection of recent scores, properly analyzed, can tell you how the course is currently playing and how the holes should actually be ranked. To Top of Page 6. You'll never look at a golf scorecard the same way ever again.