Follow Your Ball – Worldwide Offgolf Foundation
One does not need a manicured lawn or an overpriced club membership to play golf. The alternative is offgolf! We know and love it, but the majority of people remain out of the loop.
Follow Your Ball recognizes that many people are never afforded the opportunity to play offgolf simply because they don’t have access to proper equipment and works to change this fact by collecting ‘old’ golf equipment and making it readily available to anyone daring enough to thwack a ball out of the bounds of a classic golf course.
Donations of all sorts are welcome! Don’t be shy to send us your wood, iron or putting clubs and even your range, night, wood or plastiktee balls. You can rest assured that your old equipment will be recycled to allow those that are curious take their first off course adventure. Now there’s a cause that all who love offgolf can get behind!
Follow Your Ball was founded in 2015 with its head office is in Switzerland, but has spread worldwide since.
Projects
The foundation has two active projects. The first has been underway since 2013 in Myanmar (Burma). The second project involves a school in the Gurage region of Ethiopia, a tiny place on the immense continent of Africa. In fact, the next largest city is located 5 hours away by car! The founders of Follow Your Ball, Didi Keller and Manuel Ruegg either personally deliver the equipment or have a close associate take on the task. For this reason, an intense and special friendship is blossoming between the students and the foundation. Follow Your Ball intends to nurture the seeds of this relationship in the hopes of seeing it grow and flourish for years to come.
Our Collectors
Below is a list of our collectors. Alternatively, you can directly deliver donations to our head office. Remember, all donated equipment will happily be reused so don’t make the mistake of throwing away anything.
If you’d like to serve as a collector for us, please contact us at the following address:
"Follow Your Ball", Zuercherstrasse 122, 8500 Frauenfeld, Switzerland.
We look forward to working with you!
Australia:
Urban Golf Australia, Chris Connors
2/6 Beaumont Street, Islington, NSW 2296
Belgium:
Urban Golf Kortrijk, Bob Bulcaen
Peter Benoitlaan 5, 8530 Harelbeke
France:
Association 'Balles Perdues Street Golf Team", Maxime Blanche
22 Rue des Sports, 67100 Strasbourg
Germany:
Winetown Golfers, Benjamin Steinbach
Mühlbergstr. 50, 71384 Weinstadt
Hungary:
Heavy Balls Urban Golf Club, Balazs Ruszty
Prater Street 34 1083 Budapest
Netherlands:
Urban Golf Unit, John Rouw
Nic. Maesstraat 22a 3601DR Maarssen, Utrecht
Romania:
Nynjas Golf, David Nguyen
60 Bulevardul Muncii, 087 015 Bolintin Deal, Giurgiu Judeţul
Switzerland:
The Royal Urban Golf Club, Didi Keller
Zürcherstrasse 122, 8500 Frauenfeld
United States:
19-News, Philippe Missemer
9451 Thompson Ave., Unit B, Chatsworth, CA 91311
Donations
A foundation can’t function without money. We appreciate every penny we can get.
Thank you for your support!
Donations can be made directly into the following account:
Account No .: 61-445239-2
IBAN no .: CH58 0900 0000 6144 5239 2
BIC: POFICHBEXXX
Account Correspondence: "Follow Your Ball", Zuercherstrasse 122, 8500 Frauenfeld, Switzerland