Zimbabwe stages first FIFG 250 FootGolf event in Harare

Zimbabwe will stage its first Federation of International FootGolf 250-point event at Falcon Golf Club in Hatfield, Harare, when the Zimbabwe FootGolf Open runs on June 27 and 28. The 36-hole championship is the biggest event yet on the Zimbabwe FootGolf Association calendar, and with entries still open, more than 50 players and officials had already registered before the first tee was struck.

The 250 label is the key detail. It lifts the Open out of the domestic circuit and into the international ranking frame, with points at stake, stronger selection pressure and a field that has to be treated like a real regional test rather than a local exhibition. Zimbabwe’s recognition by the Federation of International FootGolf in 2024 gave the country the right to compete internationally, and this Harare stop now sits beside the same kind of sanctioned pathway that drives events such as next weekend’s Polokwane Regional FIFG 250 in South Africa.

That international lane matters because the Harare tournament is also feeding Zimbabwe’s build toward the Africa Footgolf Championship, which the country will host at Elephant Hills Golf Course in Victoria Falls from November 23 to 25. NewsDay reported seven countries had already confirmed for that championship, including South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Morocco, Benin and Congo Brazzaville, while ZBC said the Victoria Falls event will also serve as a qualifier for the Footgolf World Cup in Mexico. ZBC also reported Zimbabwe is planning a 25-player squad for Victoria Falls, with names already in the frame including Senator Kambizi, Tadiwanashe Kambizi, Stancilous Nyachowe, Donemore Kuwengwa, Siphiwe Mubonderi and Beauty Mashonganyika.

Harare’s field will mix the sport’s next wave with its established names. The junior group includes Keith Savanhu, Donemore Kuwengwa and Keylyn Mheremhere, while the senior category is expected to feature Zimbabwe number one Beauty Mushave alongside Qhubekani Mdlelani, Washington Moyo, Beauty Diniwe, Senator Eleven Kambizi and Stanslous Nyachowe. Tournament director Vanessa Munyuki has framed the weekend as a landmark, and said Zimbabwe is now ranked number one in ladies FootGolf among more than 70 participating countries, ahead of Russia, Slovenia and Italy.

That rise has been fast. FootGolf began taking root in Zimbabwe around 2022 after the Covid-19 pandemic, with early competition staged at venues such as Sherwood Golf Club in Harare before the calendar spread to Mvurwi, Gweru, Bulawayo and the Midlands. Falcon’s own place in the story adds another layer, after the course in Hatfield was gazetted as a military cantonment area under Statutory Instrument 28 of 2026. If the Open lands cleanly, Zimbabwe will have more than a one-off milestone on its hands. It will have a national route from local courses to regional ranking points and continental qualification.