Possible Clues:

• One might have a shot at working without help
• Occurring as a matter of course
• Tiger Woods was this sort of choice
• Reflex
• Transmission type
• Like George, lacking personal control
• That's no revolver
• Gold and red fruit cut, sliced in the middle by machine
• Instinctive or mechanical
• Sounds as if, during the autumn, there's room at the top if you want to do some shooting