shotgun start
noun/ˈʃɒtɡʌn stɑːt/UK/ˈʃɑtɡʌn stɑɹt/US
Etymology
From the first reported use of this format in 1956, wherein a shotgun was fired to alert all players from each of the 18 holes that the tournament had started.
Definitions
A tournament format in which all groups of contestants tee off simultaneously from…
A tournament format in which all groups of contestants tee off simultaneously from different holes.
- Also, since the players teed off simultaneously, the infamous "shotgun start," with several foursomes at each tee box, the tournaments ran notoriously slow.
- In a classic shotgun start, 18 groups play, with one group starting on each hole, but, more often, there will be two groups starting on the par-fours and par-fives.
- A shotgun start begins at the clubhouse and has all participants leaving at the same time to travel to a designated starting hole to await the starting gun/noise.
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