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Shotmakers: New Golf Channel Competition at Topgolf is Set to Premiere BY GOLF CHANNEL PR


ORLANDO, Fla. – Shotmakers, an innovative new golf


competition where


precision shotmaking meets intense strategy in a fast-paced format, was announced today. Premiering Monday, April 9 at 9 p.m. ET on Golf Channel, Shotmakers will feature the fun, social experience for which Topgolf is known, blending entertainment, golf and technology


throughout the competition.


The announcement was made today by Phil Piazza, Golf Channel senior vice president of programming and Topgolf Media President YuChiang Cheng.


Surrounded by the Topgolf experience


in Las Vegas, nine co-ed teams of two will pair up in head-to-head competitions that test precision, distance and control, all while


facing intense pressure and strategic


decision-making. The 18 competitors include a former PGA TOUR professional, mini-tour


professional golfers, an


Olympian, former collegiate athletes, a former World No. 1 World Long Drive competitor, a trick-shot artist, decorated military veterans, and champions from the Topgolf Tour.


to introduce a progressive approach to golf


“Shotmakers is competition,


featuring a great


opportunity dynamic


personalities from across the sports landscape,” said Phil Piazza, Golf Channel senior vice president of programming. “Shotmakers also will showcase what


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