Indonesia footgolf federation targets 10 clubs after Bogor matchday

Rian Ramdani won Best Gross 1 with a final score of 68 as the Indonesian Footgolf Federation used the Tupessy Footgolf Matchday 2026 to push the sport beyond a single showcase and into a broader club-building plan. The 18-hole event at Palm Hills Golf Club in Sentul drew about 40 participants from the Greater Jakarta area and carried an IDR 8 million prize pool, along with trophies, medals, door prizes and lucky-draw rewards.

The federation framed the Bogor meet as a development step, not just a competition. FFGI is aiming to grow from six official registered clubs to between eight and 10 in the near future, and the matchday served as the formal introduction of both Tupessy Footgolf Club and the Fun Footgolf initiative, two entry points designed to pull more players into the sport and make the pathway into organized FootGolf clearer.

Amrit Punjabi, the FFGI chairman, said the federation will support tournaments run under official partnership and described the matchday as a strategic way to expand FootGolf’s reach and strengthen local structures across regions. That approach gives the event a practical purpose beyond the leaderboard: club recruitment, organized activity, and a visible system for new players to step into.

Palm Hills Golf Club, located in Sentul, Desa Kadumanggu, Babakan Madang, Bogor, West Java, has already become a useful proving ground for that effort. Earlier in 2026, the Indonesia Footgolf Cup at the same venue reportedly drew 90 players and included competitors from Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea, a sign that Bogor can attract both domestic turnout and regional interest when the course is paired with a strong enough event format.

The timing also fits a sport with a still-young international structure. FootGolf was invented in Europe in 2009, while the Federation for International FootGolf was founded in 2012 and later issued the rulebook the sport still uses. FIFG says the game is played from the teeing zone toward the hole in as few kicks as possible, with minimal marshal supervision and a heavy reliance on player integrity and sportsmanship. It also recognizes only one national organization per country, which makes federation-level growth in Indonesia especially important if the sport is going to move from niche gatherings to a durable national circuit.