Beer on a course

Went on a golfing holiday to Spain two years ago. Not meant to be playing 1st day but after about 10 pints someone says shall we seeif we can play today . Not a good idea couldn't hit the ball straight on the front nine
 
Part of the enjoyment of a summers evening on the course for me is drumming up a thirst for the 19th, or back at home on the patio with an ice cold one. I won't even have a drink of water/orange after the 9th hole in case it ruins my thirst! I really look forward to finishing and having that drink, so no I don't bother on the course.
 
In the summer it is normal at my place for everyone to be drinking on the course, nothing like an ice cold beer when it's 100*f. One of the players in the Sunday role up lives at the side of the 13th tee box, He has an automatic roller door on it and we just drive straight off the side of the course, into his workshop, grab a couple of cold ones out of the fridge and just carry on.
 
MadAdey said:
In the summer it is normal at my place for everyone to be drinking on the course, nothing like an ice cold beer when it's 100*f. One of the players in the Sunday role up lives at the side of the 13th tee box, He has an automatic roller door on it and we just drive straight off the side of the course, into his workshop, grab a couple of cold ones out of the fridge and just carry on.
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That is the life my friend :)
 
Never saw anyone drink beer on the course here. Might be because beer usually comes in bottles in Germany, not in cans (they introduced a deposit for beverages in cans several years ago and since then, sales of beverage cans have gone down to next to nothing and especially beer cans have almost disappeared). The bottles have a deposit on them also, so you would have to bring them back with you, not just dump them in a bin on the course.

I know a few players who carry a flask with liquor, so I am not saying alcohol is not drunk on the course. It clearly is. But beer does not seem to be a thing.
 
I could count on one hand the number of times I had alcohol on the course in the UK (it was two) but it’s a different golf culture here and I’d have a drink most games. It’s not unusual in the slightest to see players have a couple of beers (not to mention very refreshing on a hot day)

It doesn’t mean the place is littered with empties or that players are falling about the place (that's just down to slovenly individuals and they’d do that whether it was a beer can or crisp packet)



One thing we don’t see here thankfully is Mars bars being consumed on the course, I recall in the UK some would even bring their own with them rather than buy from the course (I think they must have some kind of problem) ;)
 
Depends on the occasion.

Typically I wouldn't drink on the course. I can save the one beer for the 19th as I drive to golf.

Did an away day with colleagues last year. 2 rounds of golf and a night out after the 1st round. I am confident that everyone must have had at least 6 beers during the first round (no one was driving after). Only the non-drivers had drinks on the second day, although I'm not sure how they could stomach it after the night out.

Wouldn't have a problem with a playing partner having a drink, as long as they put their rubbish in the bin and aren't driving afterwards. Can't condone drink-driving. Terrible.
 
I had summer 2015 off and worked at a well known golf resort in South Wales for a couple of months.... there are rules about driving a buggy and alcohol because of the tough gradients in parts of the courses...

We had a party of "lads" from the NW, who were having a great time... plenty of drink was involved... one guy fell out the cart and didn't play the other two rounds. After continuing the festivities in the bar, about half the party didn't play the second day either.

Live and let live eh? I wouldn't expect to see folks in a club comp getting wibbly, but on a social trip, if that's your thing, and you're not spoiling anyone else's day, so what?

That said, a my former club in Wilts. I partnered a guy in a club match who finished a fair proportion of bottle of Bells over 18 holes, didn't seem to have much effect on him!! I wouldn't have been able to walk!
 
I'll very occasionally have a nip of something but hardly ever see beer drunk on the course. However, I sometimes engage on US forums and it seems much more prevalent over there. Some players cannot imagine playing golf without beer, it's almost the main point of the exercise. Mind you, many of them also think it's perfectly normal to play music on the course.
 
IanM said:
I had summer 2015 off and worked at a well known golf resort in South Wales for a couple of months.... there are rules about driving a buggy and alcohol because of the tough gradients in parts of the courses...

We had a party of "lads" from the NW, who were having a great time... plenty of drink was involved... one guy fell out the cart and didn't play the other two rounds. After continuing the festivities in the bar, about half the party didn't play the second day either.

Live and let live eh? I wouldn't expect to see folks in a club comp getting wibbly, but on a social trip, if that's your thing, and you're not spoiling anyone else's day, so what?

That said, a my former club in Wilts. I partnered a guy in a club match who finished a fair proportion of bottle of Bells over 18 holes, didn't seem to have much effect on him!! I wouldn't have been able to walk!
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To me that's gone too far and not behaviour you should see on a golf course. It's a bit sad to be honest and really is not on.

I mean what kind of sicko drinks Bells for pleasure? For the love of god, drink a nice dingle malt instead.....
 
Captain's day we have a buggy round with the Captain providing drinks. A couple of other occasions we have kegs set up by the halfway house but that's about it. Although I did join a trio of lads earlier in the year, they were all carrying, and their bags got lighter by each hole as they had 6 or 7 bottles of beer in each bag.....
 
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