Capon Springs, WV — Last month, FlingForAll founder and 2025 Hampshire on the Horizon participant, Jonathan Bellingham completed a year long project of chronicling his decade long adventure with FlingGolf with the first-ever book published about this “Future of the Fairway” sport. Now available online by direct print on the Lulu Bookstore, “FlingGolf Tales” shares behind-the-scenes personal accounts of his adventures, so far. Highlights include introducing the sport to all WV State Park golf courses, bringing the first national doubles championships to Capon Springs, being the first to play FlingGolf on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, and founding the WV professional FlingGolf Club, the Highlandeers. Jonathan takes the reader along on this fantastical journey that eventually led to creating the premier youth development program in the country, which is now taking root in Hampshire and Hardy County.
In March, his FlingGolf school curriculum was part of the month long annual SHAPE WV virtual conference, providing new curriculum opportunities and CEUs for over 30 WV health and P.E. teachers. To highlight how WV students can go through the process of hearing about, learning, and then competing in FlingGolf, Jonathan has teamed up with award-winning WV filmmaker Justin Harris of Mountain River Media to produce a mini documentary. Filming starts April 13 and concludes May 30 at the World League FlingGolf Pro-Am held at the Capon Springs resort. Final editing is expected to be completed by mid-August, allowing for local showings before the start of the new school year. From there, it will make the outdoor recreation film festival circuit as well as being presented at educational conferences.
Along with proceeds from the FlingGolf book, private and public organizations are assisting with the $10,000 film production costs. Contributions to the documentary fund or donations for prizes to the Pro-Am event or the 1st annual FlingGolf Field Festival, scheduled for Saturday, May 16, can be made by contacting Jonathan through his website www.flingforall.com. You can also reach out to Jonathan@flingforall.com to find out about the next local clinic/demo where you will be able to try FlingGolf for yourself and even join the area community of WV Highlandeers.
