Sophomore Darrys Reese was very perplexed when he was first asked about Footgolf. “I first thought of someone kicking a golf ball with their foot,” responded Darrys. When the new hybrid sport emerged onto golf courses in 2011 across America there were only eight golf courses that supported Footgolf. Now there are 303 courses spanning across 43 states according to the American Footgolf League website. And that is just the registered courses. The sport came to America in 2011 and has been growing steadily ever since. One of the main reasons Footgolf was implemented was the decline in the golfing industry. “Since 2005 over five million people have left the game of golf,” according to TaylorMade Golf CEO Ben Sharpe. Largo municipal golf course supervisor Jason Wilson spotted the budding sport last year and decided to get it involved at Largo. “We saw it growing in California and we decided to implement it here.” Despite being a budding new activity in America Jason believes that regular golf will remain dominant over its younger counterpart. “No Footgolf will overthrow regular golf. Put this in perspective, last year we did 48000 rounds of golf. We did 6000 rounds of Footgolf in the same year so while Footgolf is more appealing to the younger crowd regular Golf will still be on top from a business standpoint.” A recent poll conducted during second lunch showed that not too many people in Osceola know that Footgolf exists. Out of forty students twenty eight students did not know about Footgolf and twelve students did. However, just because you know something is real doesn’t mean you know what it means. Tenth grader Aaron Noppert took a crack at what he thought Footgolf was. “The first thought that entered my mind when you said Footgolf was like mini golf but, without the putter.”  So, even though Footgolf is not quite as well-known as regular golf it is catching on. If you are interested in playing this new hybrid sport visit the link above for a full list of Footgolf courses in Florida and the United States.