The official rules of footgolf are in place, but they still vary from course to course and country to country. In anticipation of this Sunday’s Irish Footgolf Team Trial Competition, we thought we’d list and clarify some of the important ones:
Please respect the rules, your playing partner(s) and the course at all times.
1. You can wear football boots (blades, moldies, astros).
2. You cannot use a kicking tee.
3. You can use your own football (this must be a standard Size 5 football).
4. When putting, you may roll the football with the base of your foot (read more on putting here).
5. If your football finishes resting against a fence or any other man-made object, you can move your football up to 2 feet away from that object without penalty. If your football finishes resting behind or against a tree or any other natural object, it must be played as it lies. You may remove debris from the green such as leaves, branches or sticks if it is obstructing your putting line to the hole.
6. Over any fence is ‘Out of Bounds’.
7. If your ball strays out of bounds or gets stuck in a tree, you can retrieve or replace it, but you must take a ‘penalty’ or ‘drop’ shot.
8. When your ball comes to a complete stop you can call a ‘mark’ on your football.
9. Your ball must stay fully in the hole for it to be deemed a successful putt.
10. Scratch is 10, so if you fail to get your ball into the hole within 10 shots, you only take a score of 10 for that hole.
Any questions or comments on the rules, please get in touch!
