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160 golf clubs now offer footgolf

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More than 150 UK golf clubs offer footgolf, the new sport that combines football and golf, even though it only came to the UK less than three years ago. Golf clubs have to offer giant holes because the balls are footballs and not golf balls, but beyond that the UK FootGolf Association says there is […]

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Growing Footgolf Seeks Harmony with Golf

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Footgolfers don’t act all that different from golfers. They throw up a tuft of grass to check the wind, take practice swings and mark their ball. They have their own colorful regalia and curse errant shots as their ball sails into the trees. They form clubs and compete against one another, shake hands on the […]

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Footgolf a new spin on golf

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It’s golf for the soccer fan, one soccer ball, nine holes, no golf club. Footgolf is a combination of  soccer and golf, played on a traditional golf course with basic golf rules. People kick a football rather than hit a golf ball into a large hole. The player who kicks the ball into the hole […]

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FootGolf: More players get kick out of soccer, golf combo

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FootGolf is spreading to golf courses across the U.S., including Fox Hills Golf and Banquet Center in Plymouth and Fellows Creek Golf Club in Canton. Both are official American FootGolf League courses. FootGolf is a combination of golf and soccer. Instead of using a golf ball and club, a player uses his foot to kick […]

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FootGolf Fever Gathers Pace in China

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Shenzhen, China: Birthday boy Edison Luan Chen stole the show as FootGolf fever continued to gather pace in China. The talented professional footballer lived up to his top billing as he led his team to victory in the second round of the Mission Hills Footgolf Championship on the day of his 33rd birthday. A total […]

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Golf, football unite in landmark FootGolf agreement

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They might seem unlikely bedfellows, but golf and football have joined forces around one of Australia’s most rapidly developing sports. Golf Australia, Football Federation Australia and FootGolf Australia have signed a landmark memorandum of understanding to work together to promote FootGolf – a sport that could revolutionise the use of golfing real estate around the […]

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What’s the next big thing?

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Billed as golf meets soccer, the new sport of FootGolf – already popular across Europe – is rapidly gaining a loyal following in the states as well. So, what exactly is FootGolf? No, it’s not your golfing buddy kicking his ball out from behind a tree when he thinks no one is looking… The game […]

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Crown Golf Scores FootGolf Hat-Trick

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The M3 corridor west of London now has its first FootGolf course, after the October opening of a new attraction at Sunbury Golf Centre. Sunbury, a 27-hole ‘pay-and-play’ golf centre located close to M3 Junction 1 between Sunbury-on-Thames and Shepperton, has created a permanent, full-length 18-hole FootGolf course around its existing 9-hole short course. At […]

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Global craze FootGolf gathering momentum in Australia

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FootGolf, a combination of football and golf as the name suggests, is rapidly expanding across the globe and now Australian clubs are now joining in on the fun. The game, in which a football is kicked from the teeing ground, across fairway and into a hole, has origins dating back five years in Europe. The […]

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FootGolf raises optimism in the industry

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The PGA has touted many programs over the past few years to bring new revenue and new golfers to the game. But none has shown as much promise as the introduction of FootGolf, a soccer and golf hybrid, to courses all across the U.S. It appears to be accomplishing both goals of bringing new revenue […]

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