THIS GAME IS PLAYED, FOR THE MOST PART, WITHOUT THE SUPERVISION Play the ball from where it lies: OF A REFEREE. THE GAME DEPENDS ON THE INTEGRITY OF THE PLAYER 7. It's not allowed to move the ball or TO SHOW CONSIDERATION FOR OTHER PLAYERS AND TO ABIDE BY THE remove jammed objects. RULES. ALL PLAYERS SHOULD CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN A DISCIPLINED MANNER, DEMONSTRATING COURTESY AT ALL TIMES AND Exception: You may mark the spot and lift the ball when it may SPORTSMANSHIP, REGARDLESS OF HOW COMPETITIVE THEY MAY BE. obstruct the other players kick or ball in any way. THIS IS THE SPIRIT OF THE FOOTGOLF GAME. The player farthest from the hole is the first 8. to kick the ball. 1. Wear appropriate clothing. If the ball lands in a water hazard, 9. retrieve or replace it within 2 steps HEAD from the closest land point from TORSE Flat cap or Driver hat. where the ball entered the water, Shirt with collar. receiving one penalty point or you can place the ball at the position of LEGS the previous kick and receive one WOMEN ARE EXPECTED TO Knee-high Argyle WEAR COLLARED SHIRT AS penalty point. WELL socks. TROUSERS Only on the greens may the balls be FEET Golf pants or shorts. 10. picked up to be cleaned or replaced. Indoor or turf soccer shoes. Regardless of the distance from the hole, the hole must NOT ALLOWED: NO SWIMWEAR OR be completed. "Giving" to the opponent is not allowed. SHORT SHORTS. NOT ALLOWED: Soccer uniforms of any kind WOMEN MAY ALSO WEAR or soccer shoes with SHORTS OR SKIRTS. cleats. Painted Dunes Local FootGolf Rules 1. Soccer Shoes or Spikes are not allowed. Indoor or Turf 2. Your ball must be easy to identify. Shoes are allowed. 2. Do not walk on Golf Greens with Soccer Shoes. 3. Please see FootGolf Map for routing of each hole. Review the score card and wait for your turn. 3. Make sure your kick will not interfere with 4. If your ball ends up in the desert area, please remove it other players. and replace it in a clear area closest to where the ball went in. Add one stroke to your score. 5. The Pace of Play Standard for Golfers and FootGolfers The ball must be played in a single 4. movement. You are not allowed to push is 2 hours and 15 minutes. Please make sure to keep up the ball with the top or bottom of your with the group in front of you. Groups falling behind foot. Your foot should be set separate our pace of play standard will be moved forward to from the ball, clearly behind, before the kick. recapture their position on the course. 6. Please allow faster groups to play through (including regular golfers). Wait to play until the ball has completely 7. No personal or outside food, alcohol, or non-alcoholic 5. come to rest. ( It is not legal to stop the ball beverages are allowed. INTRODUCING from rolling with the wind). 8. Please respect the golfers and other FootGolfers as well. 9. Please be aware that grass may be slippery due to wet Kick off your ball from a position up surfaces. Please make sure to proceed with caution at FootGolf 6. to two meters behind the round markers. all times. The order is established based on the score of the 10. When riding in a cart, please keep your entire body previous hole. The player with the best score will be the first to kick off on the next hole followed by inside the golf cart at all times. No horseplay on the the second, etc. golf carts. REMINDER WE HAVE PLAYERS PLAYING REGULAR GOLF AND FOOTGOLF SIMULTANEOUSLY! 12000 MCCOMBS | EL PASO, TX 79934 | (915) 821-2122 www.afgl.us WWW.PAINTEDDUNES.COM/FOOTGOLF 5 9 Who Invented 8 1 FootGolf & When? 7 9 2 1 4 6 The concept of FootGolf has been around since forever and almost everybody "invented" FootGolf NORTH COURSE somehow. Sports enthusiasts create different names ("soccergolf," "footballgolf," "kick-n-golf," "footy- 6 8 golf," "footie," futbolgolf," "golfoot," and more to 3 come!). It is played as a GAME in parks, farms, on 3 the beach or even on the streets, using different kinds of balls or devices and under their own rules. In fact, 2 7 5 there are more than thirty countries playing it as a 4 game at different levels and with different rules. FootGolf as a SPORT is played with a regulation #5 soccer ball in 9 or 18 holes on golf courses. Courses become accredited and certified by the AFGL as an official FootGolf course in the US. International rules apply at all times. More than twenty countries (the HOLE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT numbers started growing in 2011) are members of the FIFG and take it as a serious sport. Even more, Black (Advanced) 221 195 98 135 187 120 126 98 187 1367 most FootGolfers hope that FootGolf will become an Olympic sport in the next few decades. Blue (Intermediate) 157 165 74 110 165 70 110 82 139 1072 Red (Kids/Beginner) 83 90 45 68 84 56 51 69 76 622 Par 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 31 For More Information About FootGolf, Please Contact AFGL Directly at: AMERICAN FOOTGOLF LEAGUE 777 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite 200 Palm Springs, CA 92262 Tel: 760.501.0100 Fax: 866.702.1667 Scorer: Attest: e-Mail: [email protected].