Shotgun Golf Pro — Tournament Command Center & Operations Kiosk

Shotgun Golf Pro is the all-in-one tournament management system engineered specifically for charity golf scrambles, foundation outings, school booster clubs, and alumni associations.

Most charity golf outings raise $15,000 to $100,000+ in a single day, but organizers are often forced to choose between third-party SaaS platforms that take 5% to 10% platform cuts off gross proceeds or messy paper clipboards and fragile spreadsheets.

Shotgun Golf Pro turns any WordPress site into a private tournament command center: retain every dollar of donor proceeds with 0% platform cuts, project executive-grade corporate sponsorship tiers, run volunteer check-in from iPads in under 30 minutes, provide live mobile hole-by-hole scoring on golf carts, broadcast real-time television leaderboards to clubhouse displays, and export 1-click manifests for your head golf professional.

⛳ Key Tournament Features

• 0% Platform Fees: Connect your own Stripe or PayPal merchant accounts. Zero platform commissions or per-player ticketing cuts. Standard payment processing applies directly to your merchant account (or donors can cover fees at checkout).
• Live Hole-by-Hole Mobile Scoring: Zero-install mobile web scorecard (?sgp_scorecard=1) accessible via cart QR codes. Large 56px touch targets, quick score chips (Birdie, Par, Bogey), outdoor daylight Sun Mode, and offline localStorage synchronization for distant fairway dead zones.
• Clubhouse Television Broadcast Leaderboard: Fullscreen 1080p and 4K television broadcast layout (?sgp_leaderboard={id}&tv=1) with pinned Top 5 podium cards, smooth carousel pagination for field scores, sponsor marquee branding, and 20-second low-overhead ETag background polling.
• USGA Retrogression Tie-Breaker & Podium Certification: 1-click director certification applying standard USGA scramble tie-breakers (Back 9, Last 6, Last 3, Hole 18, and Putts), automatically populating 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place champion podiums.
• 18-Hole Course Par & Yardage Matrix: Interactive 18-hole course scorecard editor with customizable par (3–6), handicap index, and yardage with 1-click Par 72 preset.
• Tiered Corporate Sponsorships: Bundled packages (Title, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Team Foursome, Individual Golfer) with player slots, company logo showcase, and custom perk allocations.
• Mulligan & Raffle Super Ticket Upsell: High-converting in-modal upsell card directly in the registration checkout flow.
• Donor Covers Processing Fee Offset: Optional 3% fee offset checkbox allowing generous donors to cover credit card processing costs.
• Event-Day Volunteer Check-In Kiosk: Dedicated tablet kiosk mode protected by a 4-digit volunteer passcode. Search golfers instantly, assign shotgun starting holes (1A–18B), and monitor morning arrival velocity in real time.
• Contactless QR FastPass: Camera-based QR check-in terminal with targeting crosshairs, animated laser scanline, and audio chime.
• “Manage My Foursome” Captain Magic Links: Secure 32-character tokenized self-service portal allowing captains to update player names, handicaps, polo shirt sizes, and dietary needs up to 48 hours before tee time without creating WordPress accounts.
• 1-Click Clubhouse Manifests:
  • Cart Scorecards Manifest: Printable roster with starting holes, cart assignments, and direct mobile scoring links for carts.
  • Pro Shop Cart Manifest & Catering Summary: Cart pairings, player names, handicaps, starting holes, and aggregate banquet dietary counts.
  • Tee Sign & Banner List: Company names, sponsor tiers, and vector logo URLs for print shop hand-off.
  • Treasurer Financial Audit: Quid pro quo IRS Section 170(f)(8) 501(c)(3) tax deduction calculations.
• Universal Builder Compatibility: 100% builder-agnostic. Runs seamlessly on standard WordPress block themes, classic themes, and visual page builders (Oxygen, Breakdance, Elementor, Bricks).

External Services

This plugin integrates with third-party payment gateways to allow tournament directors to process registration and sponsorship fees directly into their own merchant accounts with 0% platform cuts:

• Stripe (Stripe, Inc.):

  • Purpose: Enables secure direct credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, and Google Pay processing during attendee tournament registration and sponsorship checkout.
  • When Data is Sent: When a tournament registrant or sponsor submits payment via credit card or digital wallet on the checkout modal.
  • Data Transmitted: Purchaser name, billing email, payment intent amount, currency, and temporary payment token. No raw payment card numbers or sensitive CVV codes are ever stored on or transmitted to your WordPress database.
  • Endpoints Called:
    • https://js.stripe.com/v3/ (Frontend Stripe.js script loaded to tokenize payment credentials securely within an isolated iframe).
    • https://api.stripe.com/v1/ (Server-to-server API requests executed to create PaymentIntents and verify settlement status).
  • Legal Documentation: Stripe Terms of Service | Stripe Privacy Policy

• PayPal (PayPal Holdings, Inc.):

  • Purpose: Enables digital wallet processing (PayPal, Venmo, Pay in 4) directly to the tournament director’s PayPal merchant account.
  • When Data is Sent: When an attendee or sponsor selects PayPal as their preferred checkout method.
  • Data Transmitted: Order total amount, currency, tournament order identifier, and transaction authorization token.
  • Endpoints Called:
    • https://www.paypal.com/sdk/js (Frontend PayPal JavaScript SDK loaded to render Smart Payment Buttons).
    • https://api.paypal.com or https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com (Server-to-server REST API requests executed to authorize and capture orders).
  • Legal Documentation: PayPal User Agreement | PayPal Privacy Statement