LAWRIE FRENCH THE shotgun start used to get the field moving in the pre-NSW Open pro-am at Murray Downs Golf and Country Club on Wednesday is no stranger to this area.

In fact it was used for the first time in Swan Hill, and possibly in Australia, 60 years ago.

The occasion was an inter club match between Swan Hill Racecourse Golf Club and Swan Hill Golf Club, played at the latter’s “Donni...