Not long afterward, the message arrived in her in-box. Lewis was inviting her to play a practice round during the U.S. Women’s Open in May. Chugg had forgotten that Lewis’ husband, Gerrod Chadwell, coached her for a year in junior college.
That’s just another sign of how everything came together perfectly for Chugg during her week in Houston, with the latest United States Golf Association championship for a Utah golfer creating all kinds of possibilities for her in 2018. Chugg’s schedule of major events starts Saturday in the South American Amateur in Argentina, as one of four players representing the USGA.