The FIFG introduces the European FootGolf Grand Slam
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The European FootGolf Tour (EFT) was fully integrated into the Federation for International FootGolf (FIFG) and starting this year will administrate an EUROPEAN RANKING. Participating in the FIFG World Tour 2018 and the EUROPEAN FOOTGOLF GRAND SLAM. Competitions created and approved by the Board of Directors of the FIFG.

This process will be continued by other two Continental Rankings and Competitions in 2019:
The Inter-American FootGolf Tour (IFT) and the Asian FootGolf Tour (AFT).

After discussing and evaluating with the Board of Directors of the FIFG for the past months, the European FootGolf Tour (EFT) has changed the system. Validating now the points of ALL of the FIFG World Tour tournaments played on the European continent and using the FIFG World Tour system that can be followed on fgranks.com. The main difference between the continental tours and the world tour is the inclusion of a General or Absolute category. In the continental rankings, this General or Absolute category will collect points from Men, Senior, Women and Teams.
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Each year, the European ranking points for each player will be calculated as the sum of (European tournaments only).

• The best 2 scores from European Majors
• The best 3 scores in FIFG 500s
• The best 2 scores in FIFG 250s
• The best 3 scores in FIFG 100s
• The best 3 scores in FIFG 50s

All players affiliated to FIFG Member Countries will be counted into the Continental Tours but only World Tour competitions played on European soil will count for Europe and so on.


Like in other sports, the European FootGolf Grand Slam (EFGS) will include important tournaments in Europe: The Majors of Holland, Italy and France; the FIFG-500 of UK, Hungary, Switzerland and the Grand European Final in Portugal. The top 3 players in the General or Absolute Category of the EFGS will be invited to the Grand Final with paid registration. The following week more information will be available online.

Calendar / Timeline:
- On February 15th FIFG will communicate World Tour 2018 Calendar.
- World Tour 2018 Starts March 1 st , with the exception for FIFG 100 and FIFG 50 tournaments which may start in February 1st 2018, but confirmed by January 31 st
- FIFG Members countries continue uploading minor tournaments at www.fgranks.com 

You can use the link: http://www.fifg.org/morocco-2018.html to visit a internal page with basic information about our upcoming World Cup. Please note that this page may be updated periodically. It's content and information may vary until November 30th, 2018.
If you are a Player affiliated to an FIFG Member Country and have questions, please contact your national FootGolf organisation. If you are a representative of an FIFG Member Country, Member of a FIFG Committees, a potential Sponsor or Media representative, please contact the Organiser or World Cup Committee.
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The official page of the FIFG World Cup 2018 will be launched in January 2018.



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​The Board of Directors of the Federation for International FootGolf has officially initiated the process to conform the Players Committee, the Rules and Etiquette Committee and the Statutes & Law Committee. We expect to confirm the names on each committee between January 31st and February 15th. 

The next release of the FIFG World Tour and the launch of the annual world calendar is scheduled for January 23rd. Due to being unable to confirm courses and dates because of holiday and seasonal closures, some countries have asked and been granted an extension of time. More dates will be confirmed by January 31st.

 The Federation for International FootGolf has released the second update  to the world tour for players and organisers. Our Board of Directors is working with the FIFG Member Countries who are waiting for their affiliated course operators to confirm places and dates; along with the organisers of FIFG Approved continental tours like the EFT, The Tour of the Americas and The Pacific FootGolf Tour; with six Live Scoring & Ranking Software providers, etc., to launch the third update to the ​FIFG World Tour, World Ranking and Annual Calendar 2017 on January 23rd.

ORGANISERS
Since no Major tournaments have been assigned yet, starting on January 1st, 2017, all FIFG Member countries will have the same opportunity to submit their applications to host a Major in their Region. Presidents may now contact the Board of Directors and request their passwords to have access to the terms and conditions to apply online. By the end of next week the Board of Directors will meet again and will connect with our members to discuss all matters regarding the worldwide competitions.

We have received requests and unofficial applications from course operators, private event organisers and other organisations not affiliated with us, to host FIFG-50/100/250/500 and Major World Tour tournaments in coutries where we already have representatives. It is important to mention that under no circunstances will the FIFG conduct business in any shape of form with any person or entity not afiliated to our organization in that country. If you are interested, please contact the FIFG member in your country. Thank you for understanding!
If the FIFG is not present in your country, the Board of Directos will evaluate your request with one of our approved continental tour organisers and will consider the possibility to support a promotional tournament. It will not be included in the World Calendar and it won't have any points for the FIFG World Tour or World Ranking, until a national organisation in that country becomes part of the Federation for International FootGolf.

PLAYERS
Please visit www.fifg.org under world tour / players to have access to our 2nd update.
If you are affiliated to an FIFG Member Country, please contact them if you have more questions or want to register to the FIFG World Tour 2017. You cannot register directly with the FIFG. For those players who live in countries where the FIFG is not yet present please contact us directly using the CONTACT FORM on our website.

NEW COMMITTEES
The Players Committee, Rules Committee and Statutes & Law Committee will be announced on January 15th, 2017.

Thank you for your support and Happy New Year!


Roberto Balestrini 
FIFG President
On behalf of FIFG Board of Directos
​roberto.balestrini@fifg.org
+1-760-880-4444