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The Fairway Fix: The 2-Ingredient Bloody Mary Shortcut for Early Tee Times
This page isn’t here to teach you bartending. It’s here to install a repeatable pre-round ritual that feels civilized, stays fast, and doesn’t turn your morning into a production.
Test Verdict
Criteria: speed, repeatability, and pace-of-play friendliness (because nobody likes “cart bar guy”).
The Fairway Fix works because it collapses the Bloody Mary “ingredient tax” into a single base plus a single spirit, which makes the ritual fast enough for early tee times. The mechanism is friction reduction: fewer steps, fewer decisions, fewer delays, with a consistent result you can repeat without thinking. Watch the Short, steal the structure, and keep it respectful so it stays culture, not chaos.
Part of the On-Course Ritual Library
This is one ritual, not the whole system
The Fairway Fix is one pace-friendly example. If you want the definition (what counts, what doesn’t) and the full index of rituals, use the hub links below. This is how the library stays useful instead of turning into random “golf content.”
Hook: You don’t need more “motivation.” You need a better pre-round system.
Morning tee times punish indecision. You’re either moving with purpose, or you’re scrambling like you forgot golf takes place outdoors. The Fairway Fix is a tiny ritual that creates calm on command.
Conflict: The “real” Bloody Mary is a commitment you don’t have time for
The traditional recipe is basically a group project. It’s not hard, it’s just needy. That’s fine at brunch. On a tee-time clock, it’s a trap.
Journey: The shortcut isn’t lazy. It’s engineered.
Here’s the mindset shift: the goal isn’t “maximum complexity.” The goal is “maximum consistency with minimum time.” That’s what makes a ritual stick.
Insight: One base replaces the “ingredient tax”
The trick is choosing a base that already carries the flavor stack. That’s why this works in under a minute, without tasting like you gave up.
The 15-second framework (no overthinking):
- Reduce steps: fewer actions means fewer mistakes and less mess.
- Reduce decisions: your brain is half-awake. Stop asking it to be creative.
- Keep it social: rituals work when the group can repeat them easily.
- Protect pace: if it slows play, it’s not culture, it’s a liability.
Watch: The 60-Second Fairway Fix
This is the whole ritual in one shot. Watch it once, then copy the structure. That’s the point.
Action: One clean step is enough to make it repeatable
You don’t need a ten-step recipe page. You need one anchor step that makes the ritual automatic. The Short handles the rest.
Keep it classy (and fast):
- Pre-round only: treat this like a tee-time ritual, not a pace-of-play experiment.
- One and done: if you need refills, that’s not a ritual, that’s a hobby.
- Respect the group: nobody wants surprise chaos at 7:00 AM.
Transformation: Less time mixing. More time playing.
The win isn’t the drink. The win is how your morning feels: calm, ready, and on-time. That’s what a real ritual does.
For a non-alcohol, pace-focused example of a real on-course ritual:
Between-Hole ResetFAQ
What are the two ingredients in The Fairway Fix?
A spicy tomato-vegetable juice base and your preferred vodka. That’s the whole point: fast, repeatable, no scavenger hunt.
Do I have to use “spicy” V8-style juice?
No, but spicy bases tend to carry more of the classic Bloody Mary flavor stack without extra add-ins. If you prefer mild, use mild.
How much vodka is “right”?
Keep it reasonable. A single measured pour is the clean ritual. If you’re guessing, you’re turning a pre-round moment into a mess.
Can I make this non-alcoholic?
Absolutely. Use the base only. The ritual is the consistency and the moment, not the alcohol.
Does this slow pace of play?
It shouldn’t. Done right, this happens before the first tee or at the clubhouse. If it’s happening mid-round repeatedly, you missed the assignment.
What’s the “best” garnish?
Keep it minimal. A wedge or a simple stalk works. If your garnish kit needs a carry bag, you’re doing brunch cosplay.