×

Top Links:

Get A Golf Handicap

UK Golf Guide

Golfshake Top 100s

Find Golf Travel Deals

Golf Competitions

Search

Community Forum

Course:

Tee Times | Search | Reviews

News:

Gear | Tour | Industry Insider

Tuition:

Video Library | Tuition Sections

Community:

Join | Log In | Help | Useful Links

×

Foot Golf returns to Addington Court Golf Club

By: Golf Shake | Mon 17 Mar 2014


Hosted by popular local ‘Pay & Play’ golf club Addington Court GC, on Featherbed Lane in Croydon, FootGolf returns this April after a successful launch last year with a series of competitions. Many competitors are expected to try this exciting and very addictive new sport. Competition days will be at 2pm on 20 April, 18 May, 22 June, 13 July, 17 August and 14 September. Entry fees are £15 adults, £7.50 under 18s.

The 18 hole course, which takes about 90 minutes to play, will be open for kickabout players every Sunday from 6 April from 2pm. £12 adults, £6 under 18s. This fun game is also ideal for parties and company golf days, please contact Robyn Potter [email protected] for more information,

Organised by the UK FootGolf Association (UKFG), the sport’s governing body, the events will be played on a specially-created 18 hole FootGolf course at the club.

In FootGolf, players try to get a football into a super-sized golf hole in the fewest kicks (ie: strokes) as possible. Just like golf, competitors combine power and precision to make a low score. Holes can be as long as 350 yards, although most are the ‘Par Three’ type lengths in normal golfing terms.

2013 was FootGolf’s first season in England, after a successful launch event in the USA in July 2012. On that day, British competitor Mike O’Connor finished third, and decided to bring the sport back to the UK. A series of events are running throughout England this year. “Reactions have been amazing everywhere” said O’Connor, from York. “Even if you can no longer play football, for whatever reason, you can play FootGolf. We’ve had players aged from 6 years old up to 74 so far this year, and everyone – young or old, male or female – has a fantastic time.

“FootGolf is great exercise,” he said, “but you don’t get tackled or out of breath! Most adults can kick a ball over 50 yards, although downhill and with the wind it can go a lot further, and with FootGolf holes averaging 120 yards or so, the 18-hole scores can match ‘real’ golf quite closely. Scores in the 60s are not uncommon, although most people would be thrilled to break 80.”

FootGolf involves a normal Size 5 football, with holes of between 20-21 inches (52-53 cm) prepared on areas of the golf course prepared where golfers would not normally play, to protect the greens, fairways and tees.

Paul Oliver, Director of Golf at Addington Court GC says:

“We're really excited to be launching FootGolf again.We’ve created a special 2000-yard, 18-hole course, with features Par 3s, par 4s and even a 350-yard Par 5 which will test even the best FootGolfers. The course uses the natural landscape but preserves the great condition of the playing surfaces for our regular golfers.

It’s for all ages and both sexes. It’s no surprise that a lot of our regular Junior golfers have been testing out the new FootGolf course after their regular game of golf – and some could become joint FootGolf and Golf professionals!

footgolf


Related Articles

Foot Golf Plymouth - First SW venue opens

Foot Golfers face tough test at Addington Court GC


Related Content: Foot golf

What do you think? post your thoughts and feedback on the Golfshake Forum: https://forum.golfshake.com/



Scroll to top