Some of the greatest little innovations of our time get used everyday and we don’t know who to thank for them. Like the stop sign. And duct tape. Sure, we know who invented the incandescent light bulb but who do we have to thank for the shotgun start? It remains a mystery.

We do know, however, who perfected the art of the shotgun start: We did! Gleneagles Country Club in Lemont, Illinois, “Home of the Shotgun Start.”

From a handful to 288 players, Gleneagles has taken all of your guesswork out of holding a shotgun event, as we host over 100 sequential start outings each season. Best of all, our professional staff (many with a decade or better with us!) sees to each and every aspect of your outing. We do all the work, you get all the accolades!

Gleneagles is two, 18-hole golf courses, cut from the cloth of the traditional golf course of the Roaring Twenties.  Continued...