The inaugural microLEAP FootGolf League kicks off this weekend, signalling the start of organised competitive FootGolf in the country.
A sport that combines the best of football and golf, FootGolf gained considerable traction last year as a result of the pandemic. With approval by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the first season of the microLEAP FootGolf League will see 21 teams consisting of 160 players competing for a first-of-its-kind accolade and a collective prize pool of RM8,500. The league will take place over five months at the Bukit Jelutong Golf Centre.
The title sponsor, microLEAP, is a P2P (peer-to-peer) Shariah-compliant financing platform. FootGolf Malaysia has also partnered with Astro as the official launch partner, where highlights of the league’s first week will be broadcast on Astro channel 801.
“We are extremely proud to finally kickstart the microLEAP FootGolf League. The sport has received a lot of interest in a short amount of time, which has culminated in this season’s kick-off. We would also like to express our gratitude to our sponsors, microLEAP, not to mention the support from Astro. I hope that this is the beginning of more awareness of FootGolf as a sport, and that it will inspire more fans, bringing the communities of football, golf and other sports together,” said Jeffrey Cottam, general manager of FootGolf Malaysia.
While FootGolf has been played in Malaysia since 2018, it has recently garnered significant interest from football and golf fans since close contact sports were limited during the various Movement Control Orders. Internationally, the sport has a large following and is played in over 40 countries by around 250,000 players. The first ever recorded FootGolf tournament was played in the Netherlands in 2008 and the sport is now governed by the Federation for International FootGolf, established in 2012.
Tunku Danny Nasaifuddin Mudzaffar, founder and CEO of microLEAP and president of the FootGolf Association of Malaysia
“microLEAP is proud to be the flagship sponsor of this exciting new sport. We believe it resonates with us as a brand and as fans of the sport ourselves. I’m excited to see where this partnership will go as we hope to have a long-lasting partnership with FootGolf Malaysia. We believe that such partnerships are important to build a strong, healthy and competitive community,” said Tunku Danny Nasaifuddin Mudzaffar, founder and CEO of microLEAP and president of the FootGolf Association of Malaysia (FGAM).
To find out more about FootGolf in Malaysia, visit footgolfmalaysia.com.my
