OVER 1000 worldwide gamers will flip up for the FootGolf World Cup subsequent 12 months over 12 nights.
Following competitions since Hungary, the FootGolf World Cups have grown in standing – as the game, like many others is a mixture of golf and soccer. It’s golf with a twist.
Practically 1,500 gamers from over 50 international locations will participate within the occasion, with it being a seismic occasion in Mexico – leaving a legacy of funding and sponsorship for the nation after its been hosted there.
FIFG President Aleks Kravanja, emphasised the significance of the World Cup leaving an enduring legacy boosting the event of FootGolf throughout Mexico and the area.
The occasion which begins in the summertime of 2026 (June 2 – seventh) and the occasion is anticipated to succeed in 100 million viewers worldwide. That’s an enormous attain.
Stated Simon Quinones Orozco, the Secretary of Tourism of the State of Guerrero, “The FootGolf World Cup 2026, which occurs each three years, might be greater than only a sporting competitors. It can showcase Mexico’s Hospitality, tradition, and wonder to the world – positioning Acaulpulco as a premier worldwide vacation spot.”
FootGolf Across the World and in UK…
A sport that blends the precision of golf with the fervour of soccer is quietly taking the world by storm: FootGolf. Performed with a typical dimension 5 soccer on modified golf programs, the purpose is easy—kick the ball into outsized holes (round 21 inches large) in as few pictures as potential.
The game first appeared within the Netherlands in 2008, with its first official competitors held in 2009. Since then, it has unfold quickly throughout Europe, the Americas, and past. Right this moment, FootGolf is ruled internationally by the Federation for Worldwide FootGolf (FIFG), shaped in 2012, with World Cups attracting gamers from greater than 35 international locations.
Very like golf, video games are performed over 9 or 18 holes, with tee bins, hazards, and pars shaping the problem. Nonetheless, in contrast to conventional golf, there’s no want for costly tools—only a soccer and the correct footwear (trainers or turf sneakers; no studs).
The enchantment lies in its accessibility. Households, soccer followers, and even retired skilled gamers have embraced it. Golf programs, too, have welcomed the game, seeing it as a manner to attract in youthful and extra numerous gamers whereas boosting income.
Notable stars have emerged, reminiscent of Argentina’s Matías Perrone, a World Cup winner, and Ben Clarke from the UK, a former world primary. The latest FootGolf World Cup came about in Orlando in 2023, with the subsequent version scheduled for Mexico in 2026.
With its mixture of talent, enjoyable, and technique, FootGolf is proving greater than only a novelty—it’s a fast-growing world sport with severe aggressive ambition.
Very like snooker flirted with a sort of “FootPool” – FootGolf is yet one more sport that snooker and others should deal with in a heavy wealthy enviornment of sports activities in fashionable world – and this isn’t going to go away but.
Within the UK, over 160 golf golf equipment within the UK had been introducing FootGolf to its members. Earlier than the Pandemic, FootGolf had over 250 registered FootGolf programs throughout the UK.
Golf Information reported that this phenomenon meant that 100,000 gamers had been participating within the sport.
In comparison with simply 19,000 gamers, of Stats recorded by Statista for snooker participation in England, that’s one other instance of how sports activities like snooker want the gamers and can’t anticipate to outlive in an period of many new sports activities rising their video games on the grassroots degree.
Padel Tennis and Pickleball have even out weighed snooker.
Ben Clarke is the UK star of FootGolf – a professional since 2017 and has since dominated the game. In 2024, he was ranked globally as second within the World. The Hertforshire primarily based participant has to date in 2025 received 6 out of 9 occasions and at the moment ranked at Quantity Three within the World.
On how far the game has come within the UK, Clarke mentioned this on numerous platforms: “The game remains to be in its early years and remains to be gaining momentum in development. Nonetheless, now we have performed tournaments at iconic golf programs reminiscent of Celtic Manor and the Belfry which is in itself an indication of a journey the game is taking.”
He mentioned his first expertise of FootGolf was in Might 2014 in Luton. He performs in Surrey, UK, close to Gatwick.
