Best Beer to Drink On the Golf Course

Adam MacDonald

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It’s scorching hot. You’re sweating through your chinos. What are you going to do about it?

Yup, you could pack some Gatorade and water (you should regardless). You could also grab a cool, refreshing beer.



Here our guide to finding the best beer on the course and playing and drinking responsibly and respectfully.

Sink it and Drink it!

Whenever I think golf and beer, I automatically think about Belhaven St. Andrew’s Ale and Sammin’ Sam.

Belhaven St. Andrew’s Ale

Belhaven is available throughout North America. DRAFT Magazine describes it: “It pours copper and wears a thin, tan head that emits effusive sweetness; slightly husky, dry grains; and a touch of red apple from the yeast. Caramelized sweetness envelops the tongue with pockets of mild buttery — almost butterscotch — flavors.”

A delicious beer brewed and named in to honor the legendary course.

Slammin’ Sam

Slammin’ Sam, named after legendary golfer Sam Sneed, is an American craft brewed beer.

World Golf called it the “smoothest beer in golf,” and notes it’s rolling out across North American.

Covert Beer Smuggling

These two beer are delicious and much better than the cans you’re going to find on the beer cart. The person driving the cart probably won’t even know what you’re talking about if you ask for a Slammin’ Sammy.

To get these beer onto the golf course, you’ll have to embrace your inner 007. Well, maybe your inner Q.

There are great devices to help you smuggle your booze onto the course, here are three we love:

Modified golf bags. You can buy a small cooler that is designed to specific fit to the side pocket of most golf bags. Fake golf clubs. This hollowed out golf club holds 48 ounces of booze and costs around $50. Spending $50 is an investment when you consider how much you won’t be spending on golf cart beer. “Covert” cooler. This shoebag-looking cooler can hold nine 12-ouncers to keep you cool and refreshed on the back nine.

If you’re not comfortable using these gadgets, just use your good old fashioned ingenuity. (Remember, if you’re busted smuggling beer onto the course, you didn’t read the tips about it here.)

Beers Beat Bogeys

Sometime you hit a bad streak. You’re in the sand more than you normally are or you find yourself twisting your body around more trees to avoid a penalty stroke.

It can get stressful.

If you’ve had a couple of bad rounds in a row, relax and have fun. It will help you when you get serious again.

Some people don’t think you should mix beer and golf. We disagree.

So long as it’s done responsibly, it can help you have fun, cool off, relax and get to know the other players in your foursome better.

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What do you think? Should golf and beer be mixed? What’s the best way to do it?