FREEPORT — There is a new game in town.

Cabin Greens Golf Course in Freeport is introducing the area to FootGolf, a sport that combines soccer and, you guessed it — golf.

“We saw it on a website and were intrigued by it,” Cabin Greens owner Jim Bowser said. “My wife (Diane) and I looked into it a little more and it looked like fun.

“With the number if golfers out there declining a bit, we decided to go for it.”

Cabin Greens is a 9-hole golf course covering 2,900 yards. Its 18-hole FootGolf course is built into the same acreage and covers 2,652 yards.

One uses a soccer ball and his or her own leg to play the entire course. The holes on the green are 21 inches in diameter, plenty big enough for a soccer ball to drop in.

“We ordered the (orange) flags and holes from the American FootGolf League (AFGL),” Bowser said. “You pretty much have to go through them to get started.”

The FootGolf greens are built into the fairways and do not affect the 9-hole regular golf course. FootGolf has been available at Cabin Greens for only three weeks, but more than 200 people have already played the game there.

Cabin Greens became the seventh golf course in Pennsylvania to offer FootGolf. The next closest course is in Erie.

“At the time they started it, the high school season was gearing up and kids didn't have much chance to get out there,” Kittanning High School boys soccer coach Kirk Weber said. “About half of my team has played the game and they love it.

“It does teach foot skills, how to strike a ball for distance, touch in rolling the ball, etc. It's played just like golf. You drive with your foot, you chip with your foot, you putt with your foot.”

While soccer players are into their season now, Weber anticipates the FootGolf course “being plenty busy” come next spring.

Cabin Greens features one hole in that the ball must be booted 50 yards over a body of water.

Weber said he spent part of the day ”fishing soccer balls out of the pond.”

“I guess water can be intimidating to anyone, no matter what ball you're hitting with what,” the coach said, laughing. “It's psychological. Any soccer player should be able to clear that water.”

Bowser said current soccer players and former players, some ranging well into their 20's, have played the course.

“St. Vincent College has already brought their girls team here to play,” Bowser said. “We've had high school clubs, private clubs and individuals out here to give it a try.”

The longest hole on the course is a 289-yard par-5. The shortest is a 72-yard par-3.

Bowser estimates 18 holes of FootGolf can be played in two hours.

“The tricky part is the hills,” he said. “A golf ball will stick. A soccer ball will roll back down if it's not kicked to a safe spot.”

Weber agreed.

“Playing the slopes is the hardest part of this game,” the coach said.

FootGolf is available at Cabin Greens from 4 p.m. on each Saturday and Monday. The sport is played in 30 countries — some using obstacles along with a regular golf course — and Hungary hosted a FootGolf World Cup in 2012.