“In FootGolf the starting kick can be made only from the ground…”
Rule 11, The Official FIFG Rulebook 2014.
In a sport that takes much (if not all) of it’s game play, rules and regulations from the sport of Golf, the Footgolf Pro is keen to challenge the rule that a players starting kick (or ‘kick-off’) can only be taken from the ground.
In golf, a tee is normally used for the first stroke of each hole. Teeing gives a considerable advantage to drive shots in that it generally allows for a cleaner contact which gives rise to more control over the ball, greater precision, extra height and longer driving distances.
At footee, we get a good few rugby, gaelic football and even football players armed with kicking tees asking what the rules are relating to their use. Unfortunately we have to tell them that the official rules state that they cannot be used. Not that this stops them, and rightly so. Why should it be this way?
I encourage the option of using kicking tees personally and I would also encourage the FIFG to revisit this particular rule regarding the use of kicking tees for kick-offs.
After all, approx. 80% of the rest of a players shots will be taken from the ground on fairways and on greens, so allowing for the use of tees adds a different type of stroke and a new and positive dimension to game play. So why not mix it up and give the sport of Footgolf an even greater golfing edge?
