Trip at a Glance
Twenty-four college friends who hadn't all been in the same room since 2009 reunited for a three-night, four-round golf trip across Mesquite and St. George. Split between two luxury mansions — Golfer's Paradise and The 19th Hole — the group played Wolf Creek, Sand Hollow, CasaBlanca Golf Club, and Coral Canyon. This is how you plan a 24-man reunion trip without losing your mind.
The Challenge: 24 Guys, 2 Destinations, 0 Drama
Planning a golf trip for 8 people is easy. Planning one for 24 is a logistics problem that would make a wedding planner sweat. You've got guys flying in from six different cities. Half of them haven't played golf in a year. Everyone has an opinion about the courses. Nobody can agree on dates. And if the lodging doesn't keep the group together, the whole point of a reunion falls apart.
That's why we used Trident Destination Group. We gave them the headcount, the dates, the budget, and the general idea — "we want the best courses in the area and we want to stay together" — and they built the entire trip. Tee times for six foursomes, two mansions next to each other, a shuttle between Mesquite and St. George, and a daily schedule that kept 24 guys on track without feeling regimented. It would have taken us months to do this ourselves. Trident did it in a week.
The Lodging: Two Mansions, One Block Apart
This is where the trip became special. Instead of booking 12 hotel rooms where everyone disappears after dinner, Trident put us in two adjacent mansions in Mesquite: Golfer's Paradise (sleeps 16) and The 19th Hole (sleeps 16). Both are purpose-built golf mansions with private pools, hot tubs, putting greens, game rooms, and outdoor entertainment areas.
We split 12 and 12. Each mansion had its own vibe — Golfer's Paradise became the poker/cigars house, The 19th Hole was the loud music/pool party house — but they're close enough that people moved between them all night. It felt like a compound, not two separate houses.
The cost math is what makes this work for large groups. The two mansions ran about $800/night each. Split across 24 guys for 3 nights, that's about $200/person for lodging. A hotel room at CasaBlanca would have been $89/night per room — double occupancy for 24 guys is 12 rooms = $1,068/night total, or $134/person for 3 nights. So the mansions cost about $66 more per person, but you get a private pool, putting green, hot tub, full kitchen, game room, and — most importantly — the entire group is under two roofs instead of scattered across a hotel hallway.
Day 1: Wolf Creek — The Bucket List Opener
We started with Wolf Creek because you have to. It's the headliner. The course that makes people book a Mesquite trip in the first place. And with 24 guys — half of whom had never played desert golf — the reactions on the first tee were worth the entire trip.
Six foursomes, 8-minute spacing, first group off at 7:30 AM. Trident arranged the tee times so friends who hadn't seen each other in 15 years were grouped together. Smart move — the first round should be about catching up, not competing. The competition came later.
Wolf Creek with 24 guys was chaos in the best way. Group texts blowing up with photos of impossible tee shots. Side bets running across all six foursomes. A running tally of lost balls (the final count was 47 across the group — nearly two per person). And at least three guys who hadn't played in years were suddenly talking about taking lessons when they got home.
The only logistical challenge was getting 24 guys off the course and fed at roughly the same time. We solved this with a simple rule: last group off the course picks up the first round of beers. Incentive works.
Day 2: Sand Hollow — The St. George Day Trip
Day 2 was the St. George leg. Sand Hollow is about 45 minutes from Mesquite — an easy drive through the Virgin River Gorge that's scenic enough that nobody complained about the commute. Trident arranged a shuttle van for the guys who wanted to ride together (and drink on the way back).
Sand Hollow is a completely different experience from Wolf Creek. Where Wolf Creek is all canyons and elevation drops, Sand Hollow is open desert with red sandstone formations and ancient lava fields. The front nine plays through terrain that looks like another planet — black volcanic rock against red sand against bright green fairways. It's surreal.
With 24 guys, we had enough players to run a real tournament. Trident helped us set up a scramble format — 6 teams of 4, best ball, with scoring posted in the group chat after every hole. The competition transformed the round. Suddenly guys who were chill at Wolf Creek were grinding over 4-footers for birdie. The winning team shot 58 and talked about it for the rest of the trip.
After the round, half the group drove to Snow Canyon State Park (20 minutes away) while the other half hit the 19th hole at Sand Hollow's clubhouse. Both were excellent decisions.
Day 3 Morning: CasaBlanca Golf Club — The Easy Round
Day 3 morning was CasaBlanca Golf Club — the course attached to CasaBlanca Resort in Mesquite. We chose it deliberately as the "easy round" after two intense days. The course is flatter, shorter, and more forgiving than Wolf Creek or Sand Hollow. For 24 guys with varying levels of soreness and hangover, it was exactly right.
CasaBlanca GC doesn't make the highlight reel — nobody's posting it on Instagram — but it serves a critical purpose on a multi-day trip: it lets tired golfers still enjoy 18 holes without punishing them. The guys who were struggling by the back nine at Sand Hollow played some of their best golf here. Confidence builder.
Day 3 Afternoon: Coral Canyon — The Grand Finale
We saved Coral Canyon for the last round because it's both beautiful and playable — the kind of course that sends everyone home on a high note. The back nine plays through a coral-colored sandstone canyon that draws comparisons to Sedona, and the front nine is open enough to produce birdies even from mid-handicappers.
We ran the final tournament here — individual stroke play, net scoring, with a $20 buy-in from each player ($480 pot). The competition was fierce. Three guys were within two strokes going into the last three holes. The eventual winner — a 14-handicap who hadn't played in three months — won by a single stroke and accepted his $480 with a speech that referenced every bad shot his friends had made all week. Exactly the kind of moment a reunion trip is supposed to produce.
The Numbers
| Expense | Per Person (24 players) |
|---|---|
| Lodging (2 mansions, 3 nights) | ~$200 |
| Golf (4 rounds: Wolf Creek, Sand Hollow, CasaBlanca, Coral Canyon) | ~$420 |
| Shuttle (Mesquite ↔ St. George, 2 days) | ~$40 |
| Food, drinks & groceries | ~$200 |
| Flights (varies by city) | ~$200 avg |
| Total | ~$1,060 |
Just over a thousand dollars per person for 3 nights, 4 rounds at world-class courses, and two luxury mansions. With 24 players splitting costs, the per-person price drops dramatically compared to smaller groups. That's the large-group advantage — you get better lodging for less money.
Lessons Learned: How to Run a 24-Man Golf Trip
Would We Do It Again?
Already planning the next one. Same format, but adding a fifth round — probably The Ledges in St. George because a few guys saw photos and demanded it. We're also looking at vacation rentals in St. George for the second night so we don't have to shuttle back to Mesquite after Sand Hollow and Coral Canyon.
The reunion trip reminded everyone why these friendships matter. Golf was the excuse. The mansions, the poker, the trash talk, the 3 AM conversations — that was the point. If you have a group that's been talking about "getting the guys together" for years, stop talking about it. Book it. Twenty-four guys proved it's not only possible but one of the best things we've done.
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Mike Milligan
Mike Milligan has coordinated golf trips for groups of 4 to 40+ players across Mesquite and St. George. He knows the courses, the mansions, and exactly how to keep 24 guys on schedule.
