Annual Guilt Free Golf trip to St. George

Our St. George guilt free golf trip has been a tradition since 2003. Not everyone was able to participate in the early years as Doug spent 3 years living in England and Jared and I both spent 3 years living in Germany. Pete usually had to make the long trip from Kentucky - although that was finally rectified in 2019. We haven’t missed a year since Jared moved back to the states in 2014 and I don’t see anyone missing this in the future. In fact, the discussion now is how do we make this happen at least twice a year?

We all became acquainted in 1998 when we moved to Maryland for medical school. Brian Breinholt and Jared Chugg moved into the Montgomery Village Ward at the same time we did. Pete Curran and Doug White were already friends in the Ward. We all served together in the Young Mens program during our time there and became great friends. We didn’t really spend much time golfing in those years, however. That came later after we all started living far away from each other.

In the early years, we would stay at Jared’s Mom’s house. We have used my parents house since 2014. The length of the trip has also increased over the years. We now play 18 holes the days we fly in and fly out and 36 holes every day in between. Just about everyone has had a chance to win the trip as the best overall score over the years, but Doug is now on a long winning streak since 2015.