The annual "Bed Pan Open" welcomed pro golfers Nick Dunlap, Mason Howell, Charley Hoffman, and Doug Ghim for a day of fun. For more than 20 years, the Bed Pan Open has given patients a fun break from their routine at the medical center.

Patients, families, caregivers, and employees worked their way around a creative miniature golf course designed by Cook Children’s Child Life, Volunteer Services, and Linbeck. The unique course transformed bed pans into imaginative obstacles, featuring everything from a pirate ship to "Peak’s Palace" castle. 

The event brought immense joy to the atrium as patient athletes shared laughs, sank putts, and even got a few championship pointers from the pros themselves.

Patients and families putted their way through four whimsical courses designed by teams from Volunteer Services, Child Life, the Linbeck Group and the PGA TOUR Superstore. 

Adding to the excitement were four professional golfers from the Charles Schwab Challenge, happening this week at The Colonial. PGA players Tom Hoge, Matt Wallace, Dylan Wu and Jackson Suber were on hand to meet patients and bring some cheering to the competition.

And keeping with the lighthearted theme, each hole has a bedpan at the end – that’s why it’s called the Bed Pan Open!