Discover Greensboro Magazine Winter 2021

returning gardeners in good standing. New gardener s are limited to one plot for the first year. Plot rental fees vary from$15 to $35 per year,dependingongardenlocation,amenities, and plot size. Get your plot by calling or e-mailing the Community Garden Coordinator Julie Hale at 336- 373-4549, Juliet.Hale@greensboro-nc.gov. “It’s a game that anybody can play at any age,” Brooks said. “If you’ve got any kind of hand-eye coordination, you can play footgolf. If you can kick a ball, you can play footgolf.” It takes about 90 minutes, more or less, to play all 10 holes at Gillespie. The course covers about 2.5 miles. Want to play? The first formal footgolf rules and tournaments were established in the Netherlands about a decade ago. Now there are more than 600 footgolf courses in the United States and an international governing body. The American FootGolf Federal says the game is “a precision sport” more closely related to golf than soccer. It is played on a fairway with a 52-centimeter cup. The goal is to get the ball in the cup with the fewest shots of a #5 soccer ball.

GILLESPIE GOLF COURSE 1-3 pm, January 23 and February 13 Cost: Free for ages 7 and under; $7 per round for everyone else; $3 for a soccer ball rental (free to bring your own #5 ball) For a tee time call: 336-373-5850.

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