Fling Golf...who's playing it? Cancel The title field is required!

1. Dennis Kling

   

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   1/31/2019 7:01 AM

   I just recently found out about fling golf and understand it has been around for more then a few years now. I checked out the fling golf website and watched a few videos on YouTube and I have to admit it looks like a ton of fun to play. I like that it requires just 1 club to play and not a ton of complicated rules. With the popularity of Lacrosse, hockey and baseball it looks like a nice transition into playing fling golf for Millennials and really just about anyone who would like to play. We all know that numbers in the game of golf have been dropping and I'm wondering if this is a way of increasing revenue and filling in empty tee times with fling golf? I'm not suggesting that fling golf will replace traditional golf. We are actually going to purchase 5 fling sticks and get them in the hands of people to try out and get their feedback. Is this just a fad? Maybe. Who out there is allowing fling golf to be played on your courses? Are you charging normal greens fees? I would assume yes. If you are playing fling golf at your course, what's the numbers in rounds? Are you marketing fling golf being played at your courses? What kind of feedback or resistance are you getting be it good or bad? Sorry for asking a ton of questions.
   
   Respectfully,
   Dennis Kling

   
   
   
   
2. Clay Putnam

   

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   2/2/2019 12:02 AM

   Generally I am a bit of a synic when it comes to gizmo golf; I.e., Foot golf. Foot Golf requires a different routing alongside existing golf holes. The golf course must purchase and install different and much larger cups. The course must purchase and rent soccer balls. The golf course must block off particular times to accommodate Foot Golf players. Add in the additional maintenance of the Foot Golf course and the general lack of interested players, well, it just is not appealing.
   
   However, Fling Golf is intriguing. The golf course can accommodate any Fling Golf player without additional expence, without creating alternative routing, no additional maintenance, and a Fling Golf player can join a traditional foursome for a round of golf. Only 1 golf club is required so no lugging a heavy bag around the course AND you only spend $130 for your club as opposed to thousands of $$$ for an entire set of traditional golf clubs. Not only can Fling Golf be an alternative to traditional golf, it can be a transitional activity for anyone dealing with an injury that prevents a person from playing traditional golf. I am intrigued. This is one gimmic that I would support my course trying. I just might buy a fling stick and give it a try. If nothing else, I know my son would like it.

   
   
   
   
3. Joel Rhodes

   

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   2/15/2019 5:02 AM

   I am looking to but a fling golf "club" now. We are a military course in Germany and I would like to try anything to get some of the younger soldiers out here. It is less costly for the fling golfer. I will try it and see how it goes before a recommendation to open out course to it.

   
   
   
   
4. Kevin Fateley

   

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   2/15/2019 6:02 AM

   I bought one of those Fling clubs and tried it. I am not sure if it will have a wide appeal.
   We installed Footgolf a while back and it appeals to non-golfers.
   Have you looked into that option?

   
   
   
   
5. Kenneth Ingram

   

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   2/28/2019 8:02 AM

   Fling golf is fine but I think it attracts the same, country club white boys that have exposure to golf already. UMD lacrosse practices across the street from my building. I talk to them and some parents. Most UMD players, men and women, attended upscale, private schools in the wealthy suburbs where lacrosse rules. Foot golf was a different dynamic and attracted more minorities. Just my take. At least fling uses a golf ball.
   
   I never played lacrosse but UMD is pretty elite. One national championship and four runner-ups in the past 10 years. Look at last years NCAA finals. Duke played Yale. Kenneth Ingram, UMD.

   
   
   
   
6. Andrew Cross

   

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   3/1/2019 9:03 AM

   Kenneth Ingram, CGCS said: Fling golf is fine but I think it attracts the same, country club white boys that have exposure to golf already. UMD lacrosse practices across the street from my building. I talk to them and some parents. Most UMD players, men and women, attended upscale, private schools in the wealthy suburbs where lacrosse rules. Foot golf was a different dynamic and attracted more minorities. Just my take. At least fling uses a golf ball.
   
   I never played lacrosse but UMD is pretty elite. One national championship and four runner-ups in the past 10 years. Look at last years NCAA finals. Duke played Yale. Kenneth Ingram, UMD.

   
   
   I would agree that golf and lacrosse are sort cut from the same socioeconomic cloth. The advantage I see in fling from a facility stand point is I do not have to tweak the course to fit it in. The economic advantage from a player stand point is 1 club at around $150ish (I could be way off on actual cost). I thought it was a cool idea when I saw it at GIS, when I mentioned to our DoG he said they already ordered a few sticks to rent out this summer. When the facility cost is that low you have very little to lose and potentially quite a bit to gain.