Manor & Ashbury Resorts Trophy race stays wide open in England
The Manor & Ashbury Resorts Trophy is listed by the FootGolf Association of England as a 2026 event at Ashbury Golf Resort’s Willows Course in Okehampton, Devon, with adult entry set at £15 and junior entry at £11. The start window runs from 18:30 to 19:15, a late-evening format that fits the Wednesday rhythm and keeps the trophy race in a pressure-heavy lane where every round matters.
That matters because the Willows Course is not built for guesswork. Ashbury Resort says it converted the course for footgolf, and the layout is listed at 1,939 yards, par 54, with holes ranging from 67 to 147 yards. Ponds, bunkers, mounds, banks and trees all come into play, which means the winning line is usually the same one footgolf rewards most often: keep the ball in play, avoid the big number, and force others to chase you.
The resort sits on the edge of Dartmoor National Park, on the Fowley Cross side of Okehampton, at EX20 4NA, and that setting gives the event a proper circuit feel rather than a casual one-off. The FootGolf Association of England’s National Tour runs from April to October, so the Manor & Ashbury stop lands inside a full season of tournament football and not as an isolated date on the calendar. That is why the trophy race can stay open deep into the evening schedule. One strong round can put a player in front; one messy one can push them right back into the pack.
The venue also has recent footgolf history behind it. Ashbury Resort said it converted the Willows course for the sport and later described the site as a place for resort guests and local residents to play footgolf, while a 2023 FootGolf English Open write-up at the resort detailed a three-day July tournament across two 18-hole courses, with individual and pairs events alongside accommodation and leisure facilities. That kind of setup suits a competition that depends on repeat performance, not one flash of scoring.
With a compact evening start, a par-54 layout, and a course that punishes loose contact, the Manor & Ashbury Resorts Trophy is the sort of event that can turn quickly. The title race stays wide open because the venue does not leave much room for anyone to coast.