Whisky Run Golf Club’s name originates from booze-related laws, but prohibition was a long time ago.
And now new regulations that will allow staff to start serving at 9 a.m. is being welcomed as a change that won’t have too great of an impact on the Port Colborne course’s day-to-day operations.
In a recent interview, event manager Jessica Dobbs and her owner father Lou Nieuwland sat down to talk about what the province’s plans to permit alcohol sales two hours earlier means to how they conduct business.
The first demographic of golfers who come to mind are those who work midnight shifts and are waiting to tee off at 6 a.m. when the course opens.
It’s a common occurrence that staff has to turn them down when they when they finish their game shortly after 10 a.m. and ask to buy an alcoholic beverage at the clubhouse, the Bootlegger Bar and Bistro.
“We want to meet our customers’ requests and we’ll be able to do that,” said Dobbs.
Golfers starting their round at 9 a.m. with a beer in their cart and drinking too much into the day isn’t a problem either Dobbs or Nieuwland foresee.
“I don’t think it’s going to make a difference. We don’t run into that,” said Nieuwland.
People sneaking booze onto the course in golf bags is a reality of the industry, but the club does its best to curb that from happening.
