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FLING GOLF
Following on the heels of disc golf
and FootGolf, a Boston-area sports
innovator believes FlingGolf will get
more people out on the golf course.
FlingGolf is the brainchild of Alex Van
Alen, who started the Woburn, Mass.-based
sports fi rm in 2012. The sport took 16
months to develop.
The company would not release revenue
or cost of production but is experiencing
steadily growing sales, according to Van
Alen. The equipment is produced by an
unnamed manufacturer in Marblehead,
Mass.
"FlingGolf will do for struggling golf
courses what snowboarding did for winter
resorts facing declining crowds in the
1980s—bring in millions of young, active
consumers," Van Alen said. "Simply
put, FlingGolf will attract a whole new
customer base to a golf course. All signs
indicate our sport can follow the same
trajectory as the snowboarding revolution
and transform the golf industry. It's also
very fun to play."
Golf course owners are taking a look
this latest variation on the sport to get
people to use courses for things outside
of traditional golf. It's easy to understand
why. According to the Alternative Golf
Association, just one in fi ve golfers plays
the sport regularly.
JUST FLING IT
FlingGolf could change that. It's a fun, fast
moving, engaging game that can be played
on any course by all ages, with no need
for new holes or tees, using a regulation
golf ball. And it's already being played on
hundreds of courses across America, as
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