The Fernando: A Country Club’s Signature Cocktail at the U.S. Open

As for what makes the drink so great, Rowley waxed poetic. “It’s the viscosity of the drink,” he said. “The trick of putting the head on it with the sour mix and the egg whites and drizzling the Myers’s on it — it’s a labor of love on his part. A couple of Fernandos are good, but after three, you may want to call an Uber.”

Alas, during U.S. Open week, the locker room is the private and exclusive preserve of the players. No spectators, not even club members, are allowed inside.

(Fans attending the tournament are able to order a Lemon Wedge, a cocktail that Dewar’s, a sponsor, created for the U.S. Open. It’s a summery spin on the classic highball, but it’s no Fernando.)

So will Fernando be mixing up post-round libations for, say, the defending champion, Jon Rahm? No chance.

Like a treasured family keepsake that you move out of harm’s way before the guests arrive, Fernando will be on the first floor of the main club — serving up his signature cocktail for those with club access.

Membership has its privileges.

Recipe for The Fernando

Ingredients:

• Mount Gay rum

• A sweet and sour mix that contains egg whites

• Simple syrup

Shake the ingredients together and put it in a cup. Then, put soda water in and stir it at the same time to create the foam.

Add a Myers’s Dark Rum floater and a piece of orange and a cherry to garnish.

As for the precise measurements, Fernando said, “I eyeball it.”

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/sports/golf/us-open-fernando-cocktail.html