CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Part golf! Part lacrosse! FlingGolf is a sport gaining popularity in the Coastal Bend.<\/p>\n
I spent the day with a couple who say it’s their favorite way to exercise and help strengthen their relationship.<\/p>\n
Lonnie Gaither tells me he heard about FlingGolf on TV more than a year ago. But he didn’t know it reached the Coastal Bend until he saw a post on social media.<\/p>\n
“I had no idea that anybody else in the Corpus Christi area had even heard about it before,” Lonnie Gaither, Fling Golfer, said.<\/p>\n
From there, Lonnie says he decided to give it a try.<\/p>\n
“So, I talked my wife into going in there with me one day,” Gaither said.<\/p>\n
Lonnie says he wanted a way to exercise and spend quality time with his wife.<\/p>\n
At first, Bonnie tells me she wasn’t too sure.<\/p>\n
“I really wasn’t interested in getting to it. But when I actually tried it, I liked it,” Bonnie Gaither, Fling Golfer, said.<\/p>\n
Both would tell anyone now FlingGolf is their favorite way to stay active together.<\/p>\n
“I was really surprised at how much my wife enjoyed it. To the point now, she’ll ask me, ‘Hey, can we go play some FlingGolf?'” Lonnie said.<\/p>\n
Del O’Kelly, whose post got Lonnie’s attention about FlingGolf in Corpus Christi, trains new players.<\/p>\n
He describes the sport as a blend of golf and lacrosse.<\/p>\n
“We throw the ball, instead of hitting it,” Del O’Kelly, FlingGolf South Texas, said.<\/p>\n
I decided to give FlingGolf a try. O’Kelly says the equipment is more affordable. A fling stick costs less than $200 compared to golf clubs which can run $500.<\/p>\n
The best part, he says, the sport is growing fast in South Texas.<\/p>\n
“Texas is always last on any kind of new thing,” O’Kelly said.<\/p>\n
But Del says he’s already seen about 30 new players pick up the sport just this summer.<\/p>\n
Del O’Kelly with FlingGolf South Texas says with the sport growing so quickly, fans should expect a regional competition in the Coastal Bend within the next year.<\/p>\n
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