Thomas Félix and Damien Dyrdol win second FootGolf world team title

Thomas Félix turned local football roots in Feillens into another world-stage triumph, helping France edge Slovakia 4-3 in the Acapulco final for a second FootGolf team crown with Damien Dyrdol. The pair had already won together in Orlando in 2023, and their repeat run in Mexico showed how a player shaped by football habits can still thrive at the sharp end of elite FootGolf.

The result carried weight beyond one more medal because it confirmed the staying power of a partnership that has learned how to win under pressure. France did not cruise through the knockout bracket. The men opened with a 6-1 quarterfinal win over Hungary, then survived Italy 3-2 in the semifinals before outlasting Slovakia in the title match. Even in a field of more than 1,200 players from over 60 countries, the French men again found the right answer when the margin for error disappeared.

That matters for Félix in particular. Le Progrès highlighted him as a familiar figure in Feillens because of his football background, and that local foundation still reads clearly in his FootGolf profile: control, touch, and repetition under pressure. Those are the same qualities that carry across both sports, and in Acapulco they helped him and Dyrdol remain a durable benchmark for France rather than a one-off success story. Their second world team title in 2026, following the 2023 triumph, confirms that their game travels.

The wider championship, staged from May 27 to June 7 at Tres Vidas Acapulco and Turtle Dunes at Mundo Imperial, underlined the scale of the sport’s growth. The event featured men’s, women’s, senior men and senior plus divisions, and the opening ceremony drew FIFG president Aleksander Kravanja and Acapulco mayor Abelina López Rodríguez. Kravanja praised the organizers, volunteers and the host city’s ability to stage a global sporting event.

France’s men’s success was part of a broader national surge in Acapulco. The French men won their third world team title, after Marrakech in 2018 and Orlando in 2023, while France also claimed the women’s team title for the first time. The official roster in Mexico included Félix, Dyrdol, Florian Warsemann, Camel Meriem and Tony Rodes, a reminder of the depth behind the headline result.

The individual week showed how demanding the championship was. Félix finished 100th out of 400, while Dyrdol placed 74th, results that made the team gold even more telling. France’s title run was not built on runaway individual form; it was built on experience, partnership and the ability to raise the level when the knockout bracket demanded it.