Enjoy Responsibly

What is actually in a can

One can of Hole in 1 is 12 oz (355 mL) at 5.9% ALC/VOL. That is about 1.2 US standard drinks: a US standard drink being 0.6 fl oz of pure alcohol.

For context, US Dietary Guidelines describe moderate drinking as up to 2 drinks a day for men and 1 for women, and note that drinking less is better for health than drinking more. A four-pack over a round is well past that.

Because Hole in 1 is smooth and not carbonated, it is easy to drink quickly. That is worth knowing about it. Pace it like a cocktail, not like water.

Pacing a round

• Alternate with water. Four and a half hours in the sun dehydrates you before the alcohol does. One water per can, minimum.
• Eat. Stop at the turn. Food slows absorption meaningfully.
• Mind the heat. Warm weather and exertion intensify the effect of alcohol and mask how much you have had.
• One per hour is a ceiling, not a target. Your body clears roughly one standard drink an hour, and a can is more than one.
• Count out loud. Cans in a shared cooler are the easiest thing in the world to lose track of.

Carts, cars and equipment

Never drink and drive. That includes golf carts.

• A golf cart is a motor vehicle. In most states you can be arrested for operating one under the influence, on or off the course, and a cart DUI carries the same consequences as a car DUI.
• Carts have no doors, no seat belts and a high centre of gravity. Cart injuries are one of the most common serious injuries in golf, and alcohol is a frequent factor.
• Decide who is driving home before the first tee, not on the eighteenth green. Use a rideshare, a designated driver or the club’s shuttle.
• Do not drink and then operate a mower, a boat, a range picker or any other machinery.

When you should not drink at all

• If you are under 21.
• If you are pregnant, might be pregnant, or are trying to conceive. There is no known safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy.
• If you are taking medication that interacts with alcohol, ask a pharmacist, it takes two minutes.
• If you have a medical condition, or a personal or family history of alcohol dependence, that makes drinking unsafe.
• If you are going to drive, ride, swim, operate machinery, or supervise children.
• If you are in recovery. Hole in 1 is not for you, and we would rather you enjoyed the round than the drink.

Our marketing commitments

We hold ourselves to these, and we would like to be held to them:

• We age-gate this Site and direct our advertising only to audiences reasonably expected to be of legal drinking age.
• Everyone depicted drinking in our marketing is, and appears to be, well over 21.
• We never suggest that alcohol improves athletic, sexual, social or professional performance.
• We never show or encourage excessive or rapid consumption, drinking games, or drinking while driving, operating a cart, or handling equipment.
• We do not market on platforms or at events whose audience is predominantly under legal drinking age, or use characters, music or imagery that appeal primarily to minors.
• We do not associate our brand with intoxication as an outcome.

If you are hosting an outing

• Put out as much water and food as alcohol, and make them equally visible.
• Have a non-alcoholic option that is not an afterthought.
• Arrange transport in advance and tell people it exists before they need it.
• Brief whoever is serving: no service to anyone underage, and no service to anyone who is visibly intoxicated.
• Stop alcohol service before the event ends, not as it ends.
• Know your state’s social-host and dram-shop rules. Serving at a tournament can carry real liability.

If drinking has stopped being fun

There is no wrong time to ask, and asking is free and confidential.

• SAMHSA National Helpline (US): 1-800-662-HELP (4357). Free, confidential, 24/7, in English and Spanish. samhsa.gov
• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (US): call or text 988
• Alcoholics Anonymous: aa.org
• Al-Anon, for families and friends: al-anon.org
• NIAAA Rethinking Drinking, tools and self-assessment: rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov
• Responsibility.org: responsibility.org

In an emergency, call 911. Signs of alcohol poisoning include confusion, vomiting, seizures, slow or irregular breathing, pale or blue-tinged skin, low body temperature and being unable to wake someone. Do not leave a person in that state to “sleep it off”. Get help.

Play eighteen. Settle the bets. Have one more. Get home safe.