FlingGolf helps my golf and vice-versa. Here's why I play both.

I've spent most of my working life in and around golf. Three years at Topgolf, where I was the lead Kids' Academy instructor at my venue for that whole stretch. Then about a year fitting clubs at Dick's Sporting Goods, and then a couple of years at Next Round Golf in the secondhand golf arena. So of course I thought I understood the game pretty well. But before I left DSG, I picked up a FlingStick and realized I'd been thinking about it wrong the entire time.

This is the story of how that happened, what it did to my traditional game and why I think you should try it.

Why I Play FlingGolf

On my way out of the Dick's job, a friend of mine named Joe Jenkins, aka Hollywood and who's now my doubles partner and FlingGolf team co-owner (go Rogues), asked if I wanted to drive up to a tournament with him in Amesbury, Massachusetts. I said “hell yeah, I’m in”. Twelve hours in the car, and a dingy motel stay later, I'm standing in Amesbury meeting the pros, getting introduced to Alexander Van Alen, the creator of FlingGolf, and John Pruellage, President of World League FlingGolf, and getting handed my first FlingStick. The rest was history. I'm currently 17th in the world in FlingGolf, was named the MVP of the 2024 World League FlingGolf All-Stars Skills Challenge, am the Owner of River City Rogues, LLC, and absolutely wouldn’t be here without FlingGolf. 

The Golf Swing is a Throw

Here's what clicked for me almost immediately. The golf swing is not a swing at all. It's a throw. It's a throwing motion. If you play anything rotational, anything that involves throwing a ball or rotating through your body, you don't just have the ability to play FlingGolf. You already have an edge on understanding what a golf swing is actually supposed to be. The only thing standing in your way is the pile of preconceived notions you've been told about what the swing should look like. Take those out. Think about what the motion really is. It's a throw.

That's why I keep flinging. It stripped the game back down to something athletic and honest. One tool, a natural motion and a target.

How FlingGolf Made Me a Better Traditional Golfer

Alex Etches and Me at the 2025 PGA Golf Show

This is the part I've made a few videos about, because it surprised me.

With a bag of clubs, you've got a different tool for every situation. Different carry distances, different lies, fourteen answers to fourteen questions. With FlingGolf, you don't get that luxury. You have one FlingStick and what's between your ears. You're an artist with a single paintbrush for the entire canvas of the golf course.

That constraint made me a far better course manager. When you can't club up or club down, you start reading a hole completely differently. Hazards you'd never think twice about with a driver in hand are suddenly very much in play. You're navigating, picking angles, thinking two shots ahead instead of just swinging at the green and hoping.

It works. In September of 2025 I shot a 66 at Hunting Hawk Golf Club in Glen Allen, Virginia. White tees, almost 6,000 yards, with a maximum throwing distance of about 220 yards, roughly the length of my 4 iron. You don't shoot that number on power. You shoot it on management and feel.

The thing I keep coming back to is my Topgolf days. I was teaching kids the swing for three years, and I wish I'd known about FlingGolf then. I could have taught my students so much more effectively, because I could have shown them the throw first and let the swing follow. The mechanics make sense in your body before they ever make sense in your head.

Why You Should Give it a Try

Me and the Foreplay Pod/Barstool Sports Guys at the 2026 PGA Golf Show 

We're going to get pushback from traditionalists. That's okay. I think about snowboarding and skiing. Snowboarding lives right alongside skiing because you don't have to modify the slopes to accommodate it. Same deal here. You don't modify the course for FlingGolfers. We play right alongside everyone else, and our pace of play is faster.

We're playing the same distances. We're driving, chipping and putting the ball like anybody else on the property. The only true difference is how we get from tee to hole.

And FlingGolf has given me a lot. It lets me travel around the country playing in tournaments, doing meet and greets, beat-the-pro events and charity events. It's given me something to do with my Dad. That last one matters more than any score I've ever shot.

So in short, FlingGolf really is the Future of the Fairway they advertise, because anyone can play it. If you can throw something, you can play FlingGolf. If you're tired of the traditional, snooty thought process around the game, this is right up your alley. And if you're like me and you just want to think outside the box about your golf, FlingGolf is right here waiting for you.

Pick up a stick. Go throw. And most importantly, have fun. If you’re looking to get into FlingGolf and don’t know where to look, head to the FlingGolf website. And if you’re looking to find someone that can help you, we have Ambassadors like myself all over the country.

Me and Brady Nuss, aka Birdogey

Garry Callis, Jr is a World League FlingGolf Professional and Personality.  Follow him on LinkedIn Here and Instagram here.