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{{Infobox video game
| title = Everybody's Golf
| image = EverybodysGolf.jpg
| caption = European cover art
| developer = [[Company:Camelot Software Planning|Camelot Software Planning]]
| publisher = [[Company:Sony Interactive Entertainment|Sony Computer Entertainment]]
| director = Masashi Muramori
| producer = Shugo Takahashi<br>Yasuhide Kobayashi
| designer = 
| programmer = 
| artist = 
| writer = 
| composer = Motoi Sakuraba
| series = ''Everybody's Golf''
| platforms = [[Engineering:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
| released = {{vgrelease|JP|17 July 1997|NA|5 May 1998<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 5, 1998 |title=Hot Shots Heads To Stores |url=http://www.psxnation.com/news/050598c.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010225233054/http://www.psxnation.com/news/050598c.html |archive-date=February 25, 2001 |access-date=December 7, 2023 |website=PSX Nation}}</ref>|EU|12 June 1998<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 20, 1998 |title=PlayStation's top new blockbusters |pages=21 |work=Rochdale Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/986198629/?terms=%22everybody%27s%20golf%22&match=1 |access-date=December 7, 2023 |quote=''Everybody's Golf'' released on 12 June priced £34.99 features colourful cartoon-style characters rather than realistic-looking players which makes it ideal for younger gamers without losing the true-to-life simulations.}}</ref>}}
| genre = [[Software:Sports game|Sports]]
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
'''''Everybody's Golf''''', known in North America as '''''Hot Shots Golf''''' and in Japan as {{nihongo foot|'''''Minna no Golf''''',|みんなのGOLF|Minna no Gorufu|lit. "Everybody's Golf"|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is the first game in the ''Everybody's Golf'' series. It was the only game in the series to be developed by [[Company:Camelot Software Planning|Camelot Software Planning]], which later developed the ''Mario Golf'' series.

==Gameplay==
Players can acquire additional golfers for use by defeating them in VS mode, with a total of ten golfers available.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hot Shots Golf |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly|issue=105 |publisher=Ziff Davis |date=April 1998|page=49}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| align = left
| GR = 82%<ref name=GR>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/197573-hot-shots-golf/index.html |title=Hot Shots Golf for PlayStation |website=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=13 January 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206152029/https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/197573-hot-shots-golf/index.html |archivedate=6 December 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| Allgame = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=11642&tab=review |title=Hot Shots Golf - Review |website=[[Software:AllGame|AllGame]] |publisher=All Media Network |last=House |first=Michael L. |accessdate=24 August 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114121126/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=11642&tab=review |archivedate=14 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| CNG = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Consoles/Sony/Hotshots/ |title=Hot Shots Golf |website=Gamecenter |publisher=CNET |last=Marrin |first=John |date=2 July 1998 |accessdate=24 November 2021 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816205030/http://www.gamecenter.com/Consoles/Sony/Hotshots/ |archivedate=16 August 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| Edge = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/b/b7/Edge_UK_060.pdf |title=Hot Shots Golf |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future Publishing |author=Edge staff |issue=60 |date=July 1998 |page=98 |accessdate=24 November 2021}}</ref>
| Fam = 30/40<ref name=Fam>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=727&redirect=no |title=みんなのGOLF [PS] |language=Japanese |magazine=Famitsu |publisher=Enterbrain |accessdate=23 August 2020}}</ref>
| GI = 9/10<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/cgi-bin/review.cgi?sys=psx&path=apr98&doc=hsg |title=Hot Shots Golf |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=[[Company:GameStop|FuncoLand]] |last1=Anderson |first1=Paul |last2=Storm |first2=Jon |last3=Reiner |first3=Andrew |issue=60 |date=April 1998 |accessdate=23 August 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990909214746/http://www.gameinformer.com/cgi-bin/review.cgi?sys=psx&path=apr98&doc=hsg |archivedate=9 September 1999 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| GameFan = 93%<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_6_Issue_05/page/n55/mode/2up |title=Hot Shots [Golf] |magazine=GameFan |publisher=Metropolis Media |last1=Higgins |first1=Geoff "El Nino" |last2=Mowatt |first2=Todd "Video Cowboy" |volume=6 |issue=5 |date=May 1998 |page=54 |accessdate=16 October 2020}}</ref>{{efn|In ''GameFan''{{'}}s viewpoint of the game, one critic gave it a score of 93, and the other 92.}}
| GameRev = B+<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/34188-hot-shots-golf-review |title=Hot Shots Golf Review |website=GameRevolution |publisher=CraveOnline |author=Dr. Moo |date=June 1998 |accessdate=24 August 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040205185114/http://www.game-revolution.com/games/sony/sports/hotshots.htm |archivedate=5 February 2004 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| GSpot = 8.3/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/hot-shots-golf-review/1900-2547899/ |title=Hot Shots Golf Review [date mislabeled as "May 2, 2000"] |website=GameSpot |publisher=Red Ventures |last=Mielke |first=James |date=25 May 1998 |accessdate=23 August 2020}}</ref>
| IGN = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/05/08/hot-shots-golf |title=Hot Shots Golf |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |last=Chen |first=Jeff |date=7 May 1998 |accessdate=23 August 2020}}</ref>
| NGen = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=NGen>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration41May1998/page/n111/mode/2up |title=Hot Shots Golf |magazine=Next Generation |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=41 |date=May 1998 |page=110 |accessdate=23 August 2020}}</ref>
| OPMUK = 9/10<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/opm034/page/n115/mode/2up |title=Everybody's Golf |magazine=Official UK PlayStation Magazine |publisher=Future Publishing |last=Faragher |first=Steve |issue=34 |date=July 1998 |pages=116–17 |accessdate=24 August 2020}}</ref>
| OPM = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hot Shots Golf |magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis |year=1998}}</ref>
| PSM = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/psm-8-april-1998/page/n27/mode/2up |title=HotShots Golf |magazine=PSM |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=8 |date=April 1998 |page=27 |accessdate=24 August 2020}}</ref>
}}

The game received favorable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.<ref name=GR/> ''Next Generation'' called it "the type of golf game that's sure to liven up any PlayStation party and be enjoyed by gamers and golf fans alike."<ref name=NGen/> In Japan, ''Famitsu'' gave it a score of 30 out of 40.<ref name=Fam/> ''GamePro'' said, "Lacking name recognition or even normal-sized players, ''Hot Shots Golf'' may at first seem destined for the bin marked 'mediocre.' But this fun, challenging golf game has an engine that the pros would be proud of and all the makings of a legendary link-splitter."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/e/e5/GamePro_US_117.pdf |title=Hot Shots Golf Review for PlayStation on GamePro.com |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG |author=Scary Larry |issue=117 |date=June 1998 |page=126 |accessdate=24 November 2021 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050116184851/http://gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/218.shtml |archivedate=16 January 2005 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|''GamePro'' gave the game three 4.5/5 scores for graphics, control, and fun factor, and 4/5 for sound.}}

''Game Informer'' ranked it as the 87th best game made for their 100th issue in August 2001 despite past criticisms that it was not a golf simulator. They praised it for its balance between simplicity and complexity.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/11/16/game-informer-s-top-100-games-of-all-time-circa-issue-100.aspx |title=Game Informer's Top 100 Games of All Time (Circa Issue 100) |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=[[Company:GameStop|GameStop]] |last=Cork |first=Jeff |date=16 November 2009 |accessdate=30 November 2013}}</ref>

According to ''Famitsu'', the game was Japan's sixth-best-selling game of 1997, with sales of 1.02 million units.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/japans-top-ten-of-97/1100-2462613/ |title=Japan's Top 10 of '97 [date mislabeled as "April 28, 2000"] |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |last=Ohbuchi |first=Yutaka |date=5 February 1998 |accessdate=23 August 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000301041540/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_02/05_japan/index.html |archivedate=1 March 2000 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The game was a finalist by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences for "Console Sports Game of the Year" during the 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, which was ultimately given to ''[[Software:1080° Snowboarding|1080° Snowboarding]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_console.html |title=Second Interactive Achievement Awards: Console |website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |accessdate=24 November 2021 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19991011020746/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_console.html |archivedate=11 October 1999 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The game won the award for "Best Sports Game" at the 1998 ''OPM'' Editors' Awards,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/Official_US_PlayStation_Magazine_Volume_2_Issue_5_1999-02_Ziff_Davis_US/page/n93/mode/2up |title=1998 OPM Editors' Awards (Best Sports Game) |magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis |volume=2 |issue=5 |date=February 1999 |page=94 |accessdate=24 November 2021}}</ref> and was nominated for the "Best Multiplayer Game" award, which went to ''[[Software:Devil Dice|Devil Dice]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/Official_US_PlayStation_Magazine_Volume_2_Issue_5_1999-02_Ziff_Davis_US/page/n97/mode/2up |title=1998 OPM Editors' Awards (Best Multiplayer Game) |magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis |volume=2 |issue=5 |date=February 1999 |page=98 |accessdate=24 November 2021}}</ref>

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==External links==
* {{moby game|id=/playstation/hot-shots-golf}}


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